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American Black Journal
36th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival
Season 43
Episode 39
The largest free jazz festival turns 36 this year. Here to tell us more about the Festival are: Cornell Batie, Executive Vice President and COO; Chris Collins, Artistic Director; and Sharon Banks, Chair of the Board of Trustees. Plus, Ken Coleman remembers important moments in Detroit’s Black history. We also remember Louis Stokes, Ohio’s first black Congressman. Episode 4339.
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