NBC News — Evelyn McDonnell, a Loyola Marymount University journalism professor and expert on music, gender and politics, said on Facebook that Wenner expressed sexism and racism for decades that underly many “false ‘master’ narratives about music history.” She said such exclusion inspired her to curate and edit the book “Rock She Wrote” in 1995 with NPR pop critic Ann Powers, report on the Hall of Fame’s gender inequity and edit the book “Women Who Rock.”
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Jann Wenner Removed from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Board after Interview