How did the evolution of so called jazz music coincide with the great migration
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Step 1: Define the two processes: The Great Migration (roughly 1916–1970) was the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to urban centers in the North and West, while jazz originated in New Orleans but quickly diversified as it spread. Show more…
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