Special-cast #BlackLivesMatter and Blast From The Past MOC #10: Hazel Dorothy Scott

Notes From Her is the podcast that encourages women and others to embrace their inner multicultural melody and will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. This is a special episode of the series because it mixes #BlackLivesMatter and Notes From Her’s women MOC theme into one! Meet MOC number 10, jazz legend, virtuoso pianist, and historical trailblazer the late Hazel Dorothy Scott. This is a special blast from the past episode honoring what would have been Scott’s 100th birthday celebration! The soundbites are taken from an interview she did with a Philadelphia WFIL entitled “Say it Loud: Black, Immigrant and Proud.” Hazel Dorothy Scott, was a Trinidad-born Black woman. Scott, referred to as the “Darling of Café Society” was a multi-talented woman. Her success fusing jazz, classical, and boogie music made her a jazz music legend. The virtuoso pianist was also a singer, actress, and radio personality. She was the first Black woman to host her own television show, The Hazel Scott Show. Her album Relaxed Piano Moods is considered one jazz’s most important and famous twentieth century work. She was married to the high profile congressman Adam Clayton Powell II and was a Civil Rights/Social Justice activist before her time who refused to play for segregated audiences, organized a march in Paris to the US Embassy in solidarity with Dr. King’s march in Washington DC, and also demanded she be paid as much as her white counterparts.For more information on Hazel Scott go to hazelscott.comMusic used in this episode is Hazel Scott’s playing “Black and White” on two pianos! Video can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=249&v=4s7nqIYy4iE&feature=emb_logoClick on this link https://xochitlhernandez.home.blog/2020/05/30/beyond-anti-racism-what-we-can-do-to-help-blacklivesmatter-2/ to access my blog post providing a list of resources and action steps to support Black Lives Matter including:-educational resources (books, shows, documentaries, podcasts)-links to donate to orgs & GoFundMe’s (Bail funds, non-profits, grass roots organization, fundraisers for protestor supplies, fundraisers for damaged small business)-links to demonstrations, town hall meetings-links to call representatives, including scripts