Rick Benjamin and his first academic symposium, Diverse Sounds for a Young Nation at Susquehanna University, recieved some fine attention an a few live links in John McWhorter's October 23 New York Times essay, "Some of the Greatest American Music You've Never Heard Of." 

Read the piece online here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/opinion/black-musicians-will-marion-cook-shuffle-along.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk8.363P.d6AyaCYfAabt&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawOIN6NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyCGNhbGxzaXRlAjMwAAEeJM1tx9MRC03dANg3dKXR5q9TqXbSqAhedEJKPon0Rq-Jwi7Yd3hYItV-eeY_aem_bVSkUU792QYD1v4rfBCFYA#