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The Jazz Ambassadors

The Cold War and Civil Rights movement collide in this remarkable story of music.

05/04/2018 | Expired 06/02/2018 | Rating TV-PG

The Jazz Ambassadors

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The Jazz Ambassadors

The Jazz Ambassadors

5/4/2018 | 55m 31sVideo has Closed Captions

The Cold War and Civil Rights movement collide in this remarkable story of music.

The Cold War and civil rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their racially diverse band members faced a painful dilemma: How could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?

05/04/2018 | Expired 06/02/2018 | Rating TV-PG

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The Jazz Ambassadors

The Jazz Ambassadors

5/4/2018 | 55m 31sVideo has Closed Captions

The Cold War and civil rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their racially diverse band members faced a painful dilemma: How could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?

05/04/2018 | Expired 06/02/2018 | Rating TV-PG

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