Oct 11, 2021Jazz Great Dizzy Gillespie Alleges Racial Discrimination in Kansas CityOct. 11, 1961 - Dizzy Gillespie (pictured), the jazz trumpeter, charged today that he had been denied access to a swimming pool in a...
Oct 7, 2021Gillespie Performance in New Orleans Canceled Over Racial ProhibitionOct. 7, 1961 - A concert by Dizzy Gillespie (left) and his band at Tulane University in New Orleans on Tuesday has been canceled because...
