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    The Scurlocks

    The Scurlocks and Black Washington

    For over 80 years, the Scurlock photography studio catalogued the lives of the black middle class of Washington, D.C.

    A Mix of Classical and Jazz

    In a performance filmed for World War II soldiers, Hazel Scott begins with a section from Bizet's Carmen and ends with a jazzy tune

    Sounds of America

    Freedom Songs of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement

    Listen to our new streaming music program, "Sounds of America." To celebrate Black History Month, we're featuring freedom songs from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s