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Oral history project preserves the legacy of Detroit women in jazz

Oral historian Veronica Johnson has partnered with the Detroit Sound Conservancy to create the Detroit Women in Jazz Oral History Project. The project digitizes and archives interviews with women in Detroit’s jazz scene. One Detroit contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ talks with Johnson about the women who have shaped Detroit’s jazz scene and how their stories are being preserved.

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Donna Brazile | Episode 4727
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Barbershop/NABWIC | Episode 4725
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ABJ Roundtable | Episode 4718
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