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Soundtrack to a Coup d Etat
Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
April 17, 1894 in Kalinovka, Dmitriyev Uyezd, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Khomutovka Raion, Kursk Oblast, Russia]
14 October 1890, Denison, Texas, USA
21 February 1933, Tryon, North Carolina, USA
July 29, 1905 in Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden
January 15, 1918 in Beni Mor, Egypt
October 14, 1930 in Likasi, Belgian Congo
July 2, 1925 in Onalua, Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo]
13 August 1926, Biran, Oriente Province, Cuba
December 19, 1906 in Kamenskoye, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine]
19 May 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
25 May 1926, Alton, Illinois, USA
4 August 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
