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September 6 Black History: Douglass, Bolden & Why Drums Were Banned
This Day in Black History September 6: How the 1740 ban on African drums led to jazz, plus Frederick Douglass 1848 & Rafer Johnson 1960.
On September 6th, three Black history milestones happened that explain America today.
1848: Frederick Douglass elected president of the National Convention of Colored Freemen in Cleveland, Ohio — with Martin Delany and Henry Bibb — demanding equality before the 14th Amendment existed.
1877: Buddy Bolden born in New Orleans. Why does jazz start here? Because after the Stono Rebellion in 1739, South Carolina passed the Negro Act of 1740 banning slaves from…
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