Ray Lev
When I wrote The Broadcast 41, I made a decision to write the book about a cohort--a group of women making their way in media in the 1930s and 1940s--rather than as a series of case studies. Part of the reason wasn't that ALL the stories were so compelling, but mainly I wanted to pass the baton to other scholars and give them enough so that they could devote attention to the individual stories. In the years since the book was published, and during a time in history when the campaigns of intimidation and retaliation that were the blacklist have been revived, it has been so inspiring to see Laurie Avant Woodard's work on Fredi Washington and Judith Bricklin's work on Hannah Weinstein. Professor Ben Hopkins recently shared this link to a lecture he gave that's very much a story for our time--a lecture that ends with a discussion of pianist, activist, and general all-around good human being Ray Lev.