DIAMOND and JUBA's ‘Great Public Contest’
A Faculty Book Talk EXTRAVAGANZA !!!
by April F. Masten
Supported by tap dancer Jason Bernard, violinist Gabe Terraciano, and banjoist Ayodele Maakheru, Stony Brook professor April Masten will tell the story of the great dancing match in 1840s New York between two jig dancing heroes: Irish American jig-dancer John Diamond and African American jig-dancer William Henry Lane, aka Juba.