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2014.49.002-014-0043
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Hazel Scott at the piano at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, October 11, 1947
Order an ImageHazel Scott, a classical and jazz pianist, performed at Seattle's Civic Auditorium on October 11, 1947. Scott refused to perform in segregated theaters, saying, “Why would anyone come to hear me, a Negro, and refuse to sit beside someone just like me?”
Handwritten on negative sleeve: Hazel Scott 10/11/47
Handwritten on negative sleeve: Hazel Scott 10/11/47
ID Number: 2014.49.002.014.0043
Date: 1947
Creator(s):
Smith, Albert J., Sr., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Al Smith Collection, 2014.49.002..14.0043
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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