Jazz Influence On African Americans

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I believe the highest point of human achievement is art instead of war or technology. What distinguish us from other species is art, what we usually describe as a diverse range of human activities. People may not enjoy carving or drawing, but music is an art form that everybody can enjoy. Jazz music has a feature that other music form doesn't have, it spread so quickly and become so popular in 20th Century, which helped black people gained lots of benefit of American society, and eliminate much racial discrimination. The most important are Jazz helped black build their second home of the United States.
Based on my high school history textbook: Today is a special day, the day that two worlds met, and the new world would not like the ¬consequence. This quote shows exactly what happened to Africa. Poor black people who forced leave their homeland and be a slave for others. 1862 September 22 president have published The Emancipation Proclamation, even though this proclamation only liberated a few black people this signal showed how things change that American treat black slaves. Since then more and more people move to New Orleans and play music together. By early 1930s, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, and Jimmy Lance Ford had begun to put a new rhythm from New Orleans music to New York City and Kansas City. It is very conducive to the
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His the one of the famous band leader at 20 century. He is famous because his personal style. His colleague given him a comment that "music is a pleasure but this guy is not". One day a black musician called Carlie Christian recommended by his mentor, he joined Benny's Swing Band from August 1939 to June 1941. They became good friends outside of work. And Benny is also admiring him. That is the remarkable event of racial integration. Black artists are finally starting accepted by the white

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