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  1. May 4, 2018 · ♪♪♪ [ Mid-tempo jazz music plays ] ♪♪♪ -'The Jazz Ambassadors' is available on DVD. To order, visit Shop.PBS.org, or call 1-800-PLAY-PBS. Also available for download on iTunes.

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      In summer 1963, Duke Ellington headed to the Middle East and...

  2. America combats Soviet propaganda about racism and segregation. The Voice of America radio show gave American jazz a worldwide stage. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. teams up with Dizzy Gillespie. Duke Ellington on the Plight of African Americans and “the American music”. The Cold War and civil rights collide in this story of music, diplomacy and ...

  3. Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/show/jazz-ambassadors/Discover how the Cold War and Civil Rights movement collided when America asked Dizzy Gillespie, L...

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  4. Mar 29, 2018 · The Cold War and Civil Rights movement collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. In 1955, as the Soviet Union’s pervasive propaganda about the U.S. and American racism ...

  5. The Jazz Ambassadors. The Cold War and civil rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their racially diverse band members faced a painful dilemma: how ...

  6. Jan 26, 2021 · Airs Friday, April 30, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. The Cold War and Civil Rights movement collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. In 1955, as the Soviet Union’s pervasive ...

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