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Hearing the Americas

369th Infantry Regiment band led by James Reese Europe

Photograph

Title

Description

The 369th Infantry Regiment, an American negro military band, plays jazz in the courtyard of a Paris hospital for the American wounded. The band is led by Lt. James R. Europe.

Date

1918

Source

Library of Congress

Type

Photograph

The 369th Infantry Regiment, an American negro military band, plays jazz in the courtyard of a Paris hospital for the American wounded. The band is led by Lt. James R. Europe.