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Wednesday January 17, 2001

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12:06James Carroll: "Constantine's Sword" (Houghton Mifflin)

A former priest confronts the silence of the Pope during the Holocaust and the accusations of anti-semitism in Christianity in his new book. A discussion with the author of Constantine's Sword and a religious history full of rights, wrongs and roads not taken.

Guests

James Carroll, author of "Secret Father" (Houghton Mifflin); also Op-Ed columnist at Boston Globe

13:06Sherrie Tucker: "Swing Shift: 'All-Girl' Bands of the 1940's" (Duke Univ. Press)

The forgotten story of the "all-girl" big bands of the World War II era, when American demand for swing skyrocketed as millions - isolated from loved ones - sought diversion, comfort, and social contact through music and dance.

Guests

Clora Bryant, jazz musician (trumpet), former member of the Prairie View Co-Eds all-female jazz band

Sherrie Tucker, author "Swing Shift: 'All-Girl' Bands of the 1940s" (Pub: Duke Univ. Press); Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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