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"National Brotherhood Week" – race relations in the U.S.; specifically, a week-long program sponsored by the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) held generally during the third week of February from the 1940s through the 1980s. (Lehrer: "It's fun to eulogize the people you despise, as long as you don't let 'em in your school.")
"The Vatican Rag" takes musical inspiration from ragtime pieces such as "Spaghetti Rag" (1910) and "The Varsity Drag" (1927).[1] [2] A spoken introduction describes the song as a response to the "Vatican II" council—which, among other things, broadened the range of music that could be used in services—and humorously proposes this rag as a more accessible alternative to traditional ...
Lehrer in Loomis School's 1943 yearbook. Thomas Andrew Lehrer was born on April 9, 1928, to a secular Jewish family and grew up on Manhattan's Upper East Side. [2] [3] He is the son of Morris James Lehrer (1897–1986) and Anna Lehrer (née Waller; 1905–1978) and older brother of Barry Waller Lehrer (1930–2007).
National Brotherhood Week (song) New Math (song) O. The Old Dope Peddler; P. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park; V. The Vatican Rag; W. We Will All Go Together When We Go;
National Brotherhood Week (song) Nazi Punks Fuck Off; Never Alone (2 Brothers on the 4th Floor song) New National Anthem; New Slaves; Ngomhla sibuyayo; Nigger (Clawfinger song) No Black Person Is Ugly; No Prejudice; No Vaseline; Not So Different; Nothing to Fear (song) Now That the Buffalo's Gone
The NCCJ promoted a "National Brotherhood Day" in the 1930s, expanding to Brotherhood Week starting in 1936 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt named honorary chairman. [2] In 1944 the week included extensive radio programming, military and USO participation, and an "education program of nationwide scope" aimed at "extending good will and ...
During and after college, Ford and her older sister Enid played piano for children's shows called Ella Gordon's "Peter Pan Kiddies". [6] [7] [8] She taught music at schools in Queens, [9] and chaired Negro History and Brotherhood Week observances for the Jamaica branch of the NAACP. [10]
In 2020, Lehrer donated all of his lyrics and music written by him to the public domain. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He followed this on November 1, 2022 with all recording and performing rights of any kind, making all of his music that he has originally composed or performed free for anyone to use.