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Jazz and the Great Migration

at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island WA

Apr 16 2022
Jazz and the Great Migration

Join BIMA for this online talk with special guest Dr. James Gore, executive director of the Jackson Street Music Program and host of New Urban Unlimited Radio Show, for our UNTOLD STORIES Series

Part of the Untold Stories series, this Zoom webinar is FREE to attend. Online Registration required.

Born from the blues and in the tradition of southern spirituals, jazz first became a cultural vehicle for Black musicians and vocal artists in the early 1900s. It was a medium that could laugh and cry, that could express Black joy and tell stories of Black resistance, that centralized Black voices and experiences in a time of deep racial inequity–and it did so to White and Black audiences ... view more »

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Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

550 Winslow Way East, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

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