Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
January 15, 1918 in Beni Mor, Egypt
29 April 1899, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
19 May 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
21 February 1933, Tryon, North Carolina, USA
4 August 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
25 May 1926, Alton, Illinois, USA
December 19, 1906 in Kamenskoye, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine]
July 29, 1905 in Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden
October 14, 1930 in Likasi, Belgian Congo
July 2, 1925 in Onalua, Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo]
April 17, 1894 in Kalinovka, Dmitriyev Uyezd, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Khomutovka Raion, Kursk Oblast, Russia]
13 August 1926, Biran, Oriente Province, Cuba
14 October 1890, Denison, Texas, USA
