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Elayne Jones, Pioneering Percussionist, Is Dead at 94

The New York Times – Music:

She challenged racial barriers when she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1972. But she became embroiled in a legal battle when she was denied tenure two years later.

David Allen
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Black People, Classical Music, Deaths (Obituaries), Discrimination, Jones, Evelyn (1928-2022), Juilliard School, Race and Ethnicity, San Francisco (Calif), San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, Tenure
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