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James Forman and Joan Baez Talking with Police

A black-and-white digital image of James Forman and Joan Baez in discussion with the Montgomery Police. Two policemen are seen from the side, wearing uniforms and helmets, looking toward Forman and Baez. Forman stands in the center of the image, wearing a jean jacket and overalls. An unidentified man can be seen looking at Forman from behind on the left. Baez is shown in profile on the right edge

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James Oscar Jones Oral History Interview

The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.14.1a, 2011.174.14.1b, 2011.174.14.1c, 2011.174.14.1d, 2011.174.14.1e, 2011.174.14.1f, 2011.174.14.1g, and 2011.174.14.1h.

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Jamila Jones Oral History Interview

The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.9.1a, 2011.174.9.1b, 2011.174.9.1c, and 2011.174.9.1d.

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Jammin' the Blues

A short film with the title Jammin' the Blues. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. It opens with the narrator saying "This is a jam session. Quite often, these artists gather and play ad lib pop music. It could be called a midnight symphony." As he speaks, Lester Young appears on the screen wearing a pork pie hat.

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Jazz Digest, Vol. 1, No. 1

An issue of Jazz Digest Volume 1, Number 1, published in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1966. The cover features line art credited to “SAXON / 65” that depicts abstract figures with musical instruments. At the top in large, stylized text is [Jazz Digest / JANUARY 1966]. In the bottom right corner of the cover is black text that reads [VOLUME ONE / NUMBER ONE]. In the bottom right corner of the co

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Jazz Hot No. 129

An issue of the French magazine Jazz Hot from February 1958. The cover has a red background and features a black and white photographic image of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is shown in profile from the shoulders up, looking up and away from the camera. She is wearing a dark colored shirt and scarf and guitar shaped earrings. Above the image, at the top left of the magazine is the title [jazz] in la

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Jazz Journal Vol. 10, No. 11

An issue of the Jazz Journal from November 1957. The cover is orange and features a black and white photographic image of Sister Rosetta Tharpe at center. She is standing wearing a dark colored dress with a guitar strapped on her shoulder. Her hands are clenched in fists and are raised to chest height. She is looking up. The title [jazz journal] is printed in large white block letters at the top,

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Jazz Messengers!!!!

(a) Black record with black, orange, and white center label. Impulse! Logo around circumfrance of label, with title reading, in black type, [ART BLAKEY / AND HIS JAZZ MESSENGERS]. Held in a white paper sleeve. (b) Cardboard album cover holding the album (a). Front cover is mostly black reading [!!!!!impulse!!!!! art blakey*!!!!!jazz messengers!!!!!] at the top in blue, orange, green, and purple, w

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Jeannine Smith Clark Oral History Interview

In this interview, Ms. Clark discusses her life and work in Washington, DC, as well as her storied family history. The first part of the interview covers her early family life and education in Washington, DC. Her family has been in Washington, DC at least since the early 19th century. Her parents were the activist and business couple John Archibald and Lorena Jackson Smith. Clark attended DC’s his

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Jerome & Schwartz's Comic Song Folio

A book of sheet music with songs by William Jerome and Jean Schwartz. The "Comic Song Folio" was published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Company. The front cover is printed in orange, dark green, and black with a floral vine behind two black-and-white portraits, the portrait on the left of Jerome and the portrait on the right of Schwartz. There are fifty-four (54) interior pages printed and numbered on

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Jessamine

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Sheet music for the song Jessamine. The front cover of the sheet music features an illustration of a woman at center, surrounded by a flower border. A black and white photograph of a woman in blackface appears in bottom right corner with a caption in black type that reads: [Artie Hall]. Black type on front cover reads: [JESSAMINE / SONG / WORDS & MUSIC / by / ALBERT GUMBLE]. The publisher’s inform

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Jesse Jackson - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

This image depicts Reverend Jesse Jackson in Resurrection City. Jackson is pictured in profile. Wearing a dark blue shirt, open at the neck, with a necklace of square wooden beads, he gazes to the viewer's left. There are several indistinct individuals in the background.

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