WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the Associated Press, the New Orleans public schools abolished playing and dancing to jazz music on March 24, 1922.

Detailed explanation-2: -Adolph Baumgartner as one of the early opponents of the genre. “Jazz music and jazz dancing in schools should be stopped at once, ” Baumgartner said during a March 1922 meeting.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the end of the 1920s, at least 60 communities across the nation enact laws prohibiting jazz in public dance halls. The introduction of Prohibition in 1920 brings jazz into gangster-run nightclubs, the venues that serve alcohol and hire black musicians.

Detailed explanation-4: -On March 24, the Orleans Parish School Board officially abolished a 100-year ban on jazz music and jazz dancing in New Orleans public schools. The measure, which has not been enforced for decades, was first enacted on the same day in 1922.News of the ban came as a shock to current students and educators.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Nazi regime pursued and banned the broadcasting of jazz on German radio, partly because of its African roots and because many of the active jazz musicians were of Jewish origin; and partly due to the music’s certain themes of individuality and freedom.