Private parks in N.O. gave Black people a place to gather

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On Sunday evenings in the early 1900s, Lincoln and Johnson parks came alive with a special sound. New Orleans cornetist Buddy Bolden blew his horn as loud as he could.

His music became a public challenge…

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