The Division of Workforce Development and Community Education is pleased to offer a Jazz Diplomacy class.
This one day class looks at the use of one of America’s great cultural creations – jazz – as a diplomatic tool. Starting in the 1950s, jazz was used as a way to counter Soviet propaganda, highlighting the contribution of great musicians like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. But how did those musicians reconcile their status as global ambassadors of American culture with the challenges of the Civil Rights movement at home?
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