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    A Shattering of Cultural Barriers

    Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:00:00

    Duke Ellington, Michael Jackson, Bobby Short, Redd Foxx, Louis Armstrong


    A Shattering of Cultural Barriers

    Little Michael had come upon this particular movie only 18 years after the collapse of legal segregation in the United States. And many of the movie houses that showed "Ben" had once been theaters where blacks could not gain admittance. In urban ...Full Story at The Washington Post »

    Tags: Duke Ellington, Michael Jackson, Bobby Short, Redd Foxx, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, Quincy Jones, Sammy Davis