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Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease
Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero. She:
was admitted to Julliard at 8.
was performing in top venues by 16.
pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.
was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.
went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.” Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.
refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.
She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten. But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.
@theladyragnell
Let’s un-forget her.
The amount of time black people have just flourished and been the absolute best at their skill, despite the suffocating oppression, abuse and murder of a racist rigged system, is astounding.

I’m reminded of Surya Bonaly, a black figure skater who was the first to include a BACK FLIP in her routine. The racist ass white judges, mad that a white person had not done this first, said her new move was illegal because she landed on both feet.
So Surya learned to land it with one foot.
You want some more black magic? Check out Katelyn Ohashi’s unbelievable 10/10 floor routine.

Fuck racists, fuck debbie-downers, fuck hope-swindlers. Believe in yourself.
A Queen
Hazel Scott is an astounding Queen and master musician all the while that white piano has color-reversed ivories
She sang, too.