Right Before Rock
George Blake (Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities)
Digital Scholarship Grant Recipient 2020-2021
Blake, a postdoctoral scholar in the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, will use ArcGIS digital mapping tools and digitized African American newspapers to trace the touring schedules of several musicians who performed at the Moondog Coronation Ball, a 1952 concert in Cleveland that is widely accepted as the first major rock and roll concert. His project plots geospatial data of venues in different cities in the days leading up to the concert, illuminating the context of African American neighborhoods supporting the musicians.
