Harlem Speaks Education Initiative September 22nd
Harlem Speaks Education Initiative is a jazz history program that The Jazz Museum in
Harlem, in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, created to
introduce high school students to the vibrancy of jazz and the achievements of its
practitioners.
- Initiated in the Fall of 2005.
- Juniors and seniors of the
Frederick Douglass Academy
and the Thurgood Marshall Academy participated.
- Students learned through interviews
with Harlem Speaks honorees.
- The Museum plans to expand this
important educational program to
high schools throughout the City as
funding becomes available.
In this course, students
learn about the vibrancy of jazz and the magnitude of
the achievements of its practitioners. Through the method
of Oral Histories students gather and preserve historical
information through recorded interviews with the participants.
Students make connections by gaining a larger understanding
of the role of music and musicians by learning about the
music of famous jazz musicians, different styles of jazz
and by tracing the history by means of interviewing honorees,
musicians and others connected to jazz, through independent
and group research, deepening their historical and cultural
understanding of music.
Instructors: Gregory Thomas and Loren Schoenberg
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Closing Ceremony photos from
Museum of the City of New York
Closing Ceremony photos from
Harlem’s Thurgood Marshall Academy
Concert photos from
Harlem’s Thurgood Marshall Academy
Photos and coverage from
the Frederick Douglass Academy
January 2006
Special thanks to:
Music Performance Fund
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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