Remembering the great Hazel Scott who was born on this day in 1920. She was not only a gifted pianist and singer – a child prodigy who at only eight-years-old was given a scholarship from the Julliard School of Music to be privately tutored – Scott was also an outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation, She used her influence to improve the representation of Black Americans in film. In 1950, Hazel Scott hosted her own network show, The Hazel Scott Show. For 45 minutes every week,

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