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Marcus Shelby Presents Harriet Tubman and Jazz

Join Marcus Shelby for a musically inspired presentation on Harriet Tubman and her relationship to the history of jazz. Her unique relationship to music empowered Tubman to fight for freedom, justice, and equal rights for all--the true essence of democracy.

Marcus Shelby has been playing the acoustic bass for 23 years. He holds an instructor position at the Berkeley Young Musician Program, San Francisco State University and the Stanford Jazz Workshop and is the 2006 Fellow in the Resident Dialogues Program of the Committee for Black Performing Arts at Stanford University.

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