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Jazz the Professor

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Apr 25

#OTD Ella Fitzgerald (Apr 25, 1917 – Jun 15, 1996). AKA “First Lady of Song”, singer noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation & "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
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#OTD Ella Fitzgerald (Apr 25, 1917 – Jun 15, 1996). AKA “First Lady of Song”, singer noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation & "horn-like" improvisational ability particularly in her scat singing.

Ella and The Duke…🎤🎹
Pt.1
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Jazz the Professor

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Apr 23

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#OTD Apr 23, 1951, 16yr-old Barbara Johns led her classmates in a strike to protest substandard conditions at Robert Russa Moton High School (now a museum) in Prince Edward County, VA. Her actions ultimately lead to the landmark Brown v Board decision.
Pt.1.
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#OTD Apr 23, 1951, 16yr-old Barbara Johns led her classmates in a strike to protest the substandard conditions at Robert Russa Moton High School (now a museum) in Prince Edward County, VA. Her actions would ultimately lead to the landmark Brown v Board decision.
Pt.2
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#OTD April 23, 1951: Moton HS students, led by 16yr-old Barbara Jones, in Prince Edward County, VA, walked out of their school to protest separate & unequal facilities. It was a 2 week strike during which students refused to attend classes.
Pt.1
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Jazz the Professor

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Apr 23

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#OTD Granville Tailer Woods (Apr 23, 1856-Jan 30, 1910). Inventor who held over 60 patents. Inventions include steam boilers, furnaces, incubators, auto air brakes. His work assured a safer/better public transportation system in the U.S.
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#OTD Granville Tailer Woods (Apr 23, 1856 – Jan 30, 1910). Inventor who held more than 60 patents in the U.S. He was the 1st African American to be a mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War.
Bio Pt.1
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#OTD Granville Tailer Woods (Apr 23, 1856 – Jan 30, 1910). Inventor who held more than 60 patents. Dubbed “the Black Edison”, he was the 1st African American to be a mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War.
Bio Pt.2
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Jazz the Professor

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Apr 20

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#OTD Rubin "Hurricane" Carter joined the ancestors(May 6, 1937–Apr 20, 2014). American-Canadian middleweight boxer, wrongfully convicted of murder, later released after serving almost 20yrs in prison.

Mini Bio Pt.1
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#OTD Rubin "Hurricane" Carter joined the ancestors(May 6, 1937–Apr 20, 2014). American-Canadian middleweight boxer, wrongfully convicted of murder, later released after serving almost 20yrs in prison.

Mini Bio Pt.2
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Jazz the Professor

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Apr 19

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#OTD Charles “Cholly” Atkins joined the ancestors (Sept 30, 1913–Apr 19, 2003). Dancer, vaudeville performer, he later became house choreographer for artists on the Motown label (Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips & The Four Tops).
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#OTD Charles “Cholly” Atkins joined the ancestors (Sept 30, 1913–Apr 19, 2003). Dancer, vaudeville performer, he later became house choreographer for artists on the Motown label (Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips & The Four Tops).

Coles and Atkins : Soft Shoe (1963)
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#OTD Charles “Cholly” Atkins joined the ancestors (Sept 30, 1913–Apr 19, 2003). Dancer & vaudeville performer, who later became house choreographer for various artists on the Motown label (Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips & The Four Tops).

Cholly & the Temps
Pt.1
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Jazz the Professor

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Apr 19

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#OTD Apr 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City bombing occurs. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of 6. It was carried out by domestic terrorists Timothy McVeigh & Terry Nichols.
Pt.1
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#OTD Apr 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City bombing occurs. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of 6. It was carried out by domestic terrorists Timothy McVeigh & Terry Nichols.
Pt.2
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#OTD Apr 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City bombing occurs. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under age 6. It was carried out by domestic terrorists Timothy McVeigh & Terry Nichols.

‘Oklahoma City’
#History