Crescent City Gumbo: Race & Jazz in New Orleans | Finding Your Roots

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
VITAL New York Finding Your Roots fyr12 WNET Henry Louis Gates Jr. Immigrant History American History New Orleans Jazz Harry Connick Jr. Branford Marsalis Identity racial diversity culture
Subjects
History-Social Science The Arts
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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Crescent City Gumbo: Race & Jazz in New Orleans | Finding Your Roots

This lesson uses video excerpts from the PBS series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to explore the history of racial diversity and intermingling in New Orleans, and how it gave rise to the uniquely American art form of jazz.
Publisher
PBS Learning Media

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