Coverage dated March 23, 2022 to March 24, 2022

New Orleans school board reverses little known ban on jazz

Headline from Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With its president saying it had racist origins, the New Orleans school board has unanimously reversed a little known but century-old ban on jazz in schools

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  1. NBC10 Philadelphia

    ‘Absurd' 100-Year-Old Policy Banning Teaching of Jazz Music in New Orleans Will Be Lifted (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    During Carnival season, flocks of marching bands parade through the city streets even though jazz music and dancing has been banned in New Orleans public schools for almost a century.

  2. NBC News

    'Absurd' 100-year-old policy banning teaching of jazz music in New Orleans public school system finally to be lifted (opens NBC News)

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    The rule has been largely been overlooked over the years, but the school board recognized the importance of officially removing it from their system.

  3. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

    Little-known 1922 law bans jazz in New Orleans schools (opens Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The school board in the city where jazz took root is preparing to undo a little-known 1922 rule that bans jazz music and dancing in public

  4. WHEC Rochester

    Little-known 1922 rule bans jazz in New Orleans schools (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The school board in the city where jazz took root is preparing to undo a little-known 1922 rule that bans jazz music and dancing in public

  5. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    New Orleans School Board looks to end 100-year-old rule banning jazz in schools (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    The school board in the city where jazz took root is preparing to undo a little-known, often-ignored 1922 rule that bans jazz music and dancing in public schools.

  6. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

    New Orleans school board reverses little known ban on jazz (opens Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With its president saying it had racist origins, the New Orleans school board has unanimously reversed a little known but century-old ban on jazz in schools

  7. Fox7 Austin

    100-year-old rule banning jazz in New Orleans schools may finally be reversed (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    During Carnival season, flocks of marching bands parade through the city streets even though jazz music and dancing has been banned in New Orleans public schools for almost a century.

  8. The Guardian

    New Orleans rescinds little-known century-old ban on jazz in schools (opens The Guardian)

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    School board ditches policy ‘rooted in racism’ that was widely ignored in practice

  9. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    New Orleans School Board reverses district's little-known ban on jazz (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    The New Orleans School Board has unanimously reversed a little-known, century-old ban on jazz in schools in a city which played a huge role in developing jazz. The board also voted to encourage jazz music and dance in schools.

  10. CBS News

    New Orleans public schools lift century-long ban on jazz music and dancing (opens CBS News)

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    The decision comes exactly 100 years to the date it was originally passed in 1922, school officials said.

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