Jazz Ambassadors

Episode 1 of 1

Discover how the Cold War and Civil Rights movement collided when America asked Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman to travel as cultural ambassadors and combat racially charged Soviet propaganda through their music.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
5/5/2018
10 p.m.
5/6/2018
3 a.m.
5/6/2018
3 p.m.
2/2/2019
11 a.m.
2/2/2021
9 p.m.
2/3/2021
2 a.m.
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