The Journey to Jazz and Human Rights

Little Rock Arkansas, 1957. Schools will not end segregation. Pop music, which wants to sing about girls and cars, pays no attention. But jazz,...

In 1910, most African-Americans live in the south. But economic hard times push them north, to find work. And jazz follows. The problem is...

We know the star women vocalists of jazz: Billie, Ella. But beyond the fame are the women who toiled behind the scenes, faced discrimination,...

The Cold War, two superpowers divvying up the global map. Each side, Soviet and Western, had their missiles, but they also had cultural weapons:...