Jean Baptist Illinois-Jacquet: Black History Fact #19
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Did you know that Billie Holiday was part of this set with Jean-Baptist?
A lot of performers were arrested for an 'illegal gathering', but it didn't phase them!
Black History Fact #19
Her hidden story begs to be known more than as 'Jefferson's Concubine'.
It was an extraordinary display of will to argue for her children the way she did.
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