Editor’s Note

“On Ownership and Value,” an essay by Ronald Radano, accompanied by responses from Jerma A. Jackson, Ingrid Monson, and Shane White, appeared in the last issue of Black Music Research Journal: vol. 30, no. 2 (Fall 2010), beginning on page 371. They were originally delivered as part of the 2008 Presidential Plenary Session of the American Historical Association, which took place in January 2008 in Washington, D.C. The Journal and authors would like to thank AHA President, Barbara Weinstein, for permission to publish this abbreviated version of the session, which originally included additional papers by William Ferris and Carlos Sandroni. A slightly revised version of “On Ownership and Value” was also delivered at the 2008 meeting of the Center for Black Music Research.