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History of Jazz Timeline: 1896

In the Supreme Court, Plessy vs. Ferguson establishes the "separate but equal" concept that will allow segregation and "Jim Crow" to flourish.
Pioneer Boogie piano player Lloyd Glenn born in Texas in 1896.

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