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Fact #112199

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A feature in Jet magazine in the USA presents contrasting opinions about racist policies in American venues from bandleader Duke Ellington and music entrepreneur Norman Granz. Ellington seems resigned to the idea that blacks must accept prejudice, while Granz says his Jazz At The Philharmonic band would refuse to perform for a segregated audience.