Hazel Scott
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Hazel Dorothy Scott was an American jazz and classical pianist and singer. An outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation, she used her influence to improve the representation of Black A
Scott in 1947
Scott on December 17, 1943, playing at Naval Station Great Lakes
Flyer for The Hazel Scott Show, 1950
Scott during a visit to Israel, December 2, 1962
The Hazel Scott Show
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The Hazel Scott Show is an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series, hosted by Hazel Scott, ran during the summer of 1950, and was one of th
Hazel Scott
…on the radio. She was active as a jazz singer throughout the 1930s and 1940s. In 1950, she became the first black American to host her own TV series, The Hazel Scott Show. Scott’s career in the United States faltered after she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1950 during the era of McCarthyism…
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