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sgt1372<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Classical</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackWomen</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a></p><p>I just watched a very interesting bio of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HazelScott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HazelScott</span></a> on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AmericanMasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanMasters</span></a>. </p><p>Scott was a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> woman who was a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MusicalProdigy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicalProdigy</span></a> who was enrolled at <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Julliard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Julliard</span></a> at a very young age, who mastered the classics but who made a living mainly playing jazz &amp; <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> music w/crossovers to classical music. </p><p>Hazel was married (for a time) to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AdamClaytonPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamClaytonPowell</span></a>, had the 1st TV show in the 50's staring a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> performer before <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NatKingCole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatKingCole</span></a> got one, made a few movies on her own terms before being <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackListed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackListed</span></a> from the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> &amp; from <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> because she stood up for the herself &amp; the rights of others &amp; who lived for a time in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a>, like a lot of Black creative people did to escape the discrimination they felt in the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>.</p><p>If any of this interests you, I recommend that you watch the episode which you can find in the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/hazel-scott-documentary/35137/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/h</span><span class="invisible">azel-scott-documentary/35137/</span></a></p>