A formal vote to rescind a policy banning the teaching of jazz music in New Orleans public schools is scheduled for later tonight, exactly 100 years to the date since its original passing.
March 24, 2022, 6:34 PM UTCNew Orleans has long been known as the birthplace of jazz music, but for exactly a century that genre has been technically forbidden in the entire public school system.
According to a 1922 newspaper article when asked what dancing was permissible, Mrs. Baumgartner called jazz dancing “rough” and said “they can dance the one-step, two-step and the waltz.” The motion was brought to a vote and passed with one person abstaining. A century later, the rule is still on the books.
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