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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated April 30, 2024
During the 2011 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference, April 30th was proclaimed as “International Jazz Day.” According to the U.N. agency, “[t]he story of Jazz is written into the quest for human dignity, democracy and civil rights. It has given strength to the struggle against discrimination and racism.”
“Jazz developed in the United States in the very early part of
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