Fact #112201
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A Jazz At The Philharmonic concert, starring Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa and others, plays at Dinner Key Auditorium, Miami, Florida, USA. An attempt was made to segregate black fans at the venue, but JATP Director Norman Granz said the concert would not go ahead unless the audience was mixed.
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