so we talked about jazz as a site for this protest music and charles mingus is denouncing governor orvilleing to think, you know, well, this could have been a genre of songs condemning segregationist governors of the period. you know, you had george wallace of alabama, ross barnett of mississippi, you had lester maddox of georgia, but this is really occasioned by the little rock crisis, and let's let the music speak for itself. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> okay. we have to move rapidly through these clips. we can't really play the songs in their entirety, unfortunately, but i'm hoping that you can go and find some of these on the itunes you page for i guess the benefit of the students. i don't know if there's going to be broader access to that, but -- but in any case. the real ambassadors was a musical review that was written by dave brubeck, a very prominent jazz band leader and pianist and his wife, and it's based on louis armstrong's experience as a cultural ambassador for the state department, and this was a collaboration of many musicians, including the vocal trio which was very hot, as you can see,

so mingus was speaking out very forcefully against faubus and other segregationists. eisenhower, like, send in troops to the protect the little rock nine? so like why is he saying that eisenhower is a segregationist as well? >> well, eisenhower was known for not supporting the brown decision. he was known for sympathizing with the south in terms of its resistance to desegregation. but in the end, the embarrassment -- the little rock crisis gained international headlines. the picture that you've seen of elizabeth eckford walking to school with people shouting abuse at her, that was broadcast all over the world. this was a time during the cold war where the united states was trying to present itself internationally as the leader of the free world. well, how can you be credible in claiming you're the leader of the free world when you're practicing jim crowe and where you have mobs trying to keep children from attending school? so eisenhower, in consultation with the state department, decided that this had to stop, so he sent in federal troops to do this. but eisenhower w

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