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Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement is a one hour program devoted to seven classic Jazz recordings which focuses on the Civil Rights Movement. The subject matter pays attention to the sit in movement, the National Guard intervention to prevent integration at Little Rock Central High School, the Freedom Riders, the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Alabama, Rosa Parks and the Selma Marches.
The music is performed by Charles Mingus, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Clark Terry, Grant Green, Blue Mitchell and Art Blakey.
This one hour program is divided into three sets with room for the News, PSA's and announcements.
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Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement is a one hour program devoted to seven classic Jazz recordings which focuses on the Civil Rights Movement. The subject matter pays attention to the sit in movement, the National Guard intervention to prevent integration at Little Rock Central High School, the Freedom Riders, the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Alabama, Rosa Parks and the Selma Marches.
The music is performed by Charles Mingus, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Clark Terry, Grant Green, Blue Mitchell and Art Blakey.
This one hour program is divided into three sets with room for the News, PSA's and announcements.
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteered Slavery (edit) | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Volunteered Slavery. | Collectables | 2002 | 05:43 |
| Original Faubus Fables, a.k.a. "Fables Of Faubus" | Charles Mingus | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus. | Columbia/Legacy | 1999 | 09:19 |
| Triptych: Prayer / Protest / Peace | Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln | We Insist! Freedom Now Suite . | Candid Productions | 2006 | 08:10 |
| The Freedom Rider | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | The Freedom Rider . | BLUE NOTE | 1998 | 07:28 |
| Serenade To A Bus Seat | The Clark Terry Quintet | Serenade To A Bus Seat. | Riverside | 2007 | 04:37 |
| Alabama | The John Coltrane Quartet | Live at Birdland. | Impulse!Grp Records | 1996 | 05:09 |
| The Selma March | Grant Green | His Majesty King Funk!/ Up With Donald Byrd. | Verve Records | 1995 | 08:26 |
| March On Selma | Blue Mitchell | Down With It . | BLUE NOTE | 2005 | 06:16 |
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