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this text would to expand on the theme of jazz’s cultural influence during the Civil Rights Movement, which ties in with the racial discussions already presented in that section.
During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, jazz became a form of protest and empowerment. Musicians like John Coltrane and Charles Mingus composed politically charged works such as Alabama and Fables of Faubus, which reflected the struggles of the era. These compositions conveyed the emotional intensity of the movement and became anthems of social change. Bedig2 (talk) 06:15, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd agree that the existing Jazz#Jazz_and_race section is lacking in coverage of the impact of the civil rights movement on jazz and vice versa. Howver any addition will need sources, especially in making claims that particular recordings were "anthems of social change". AllyD (talk) 11:13, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Gnomingstuff, you added an AI generated tag to this article which substantially predates LLMs, without an Edit Summary or comment here. Can you add an explanation here? AllyD (talk) 20:22, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, apologies for missing it. Basically, earlier this year there was a sockpuppet investigation involving a couple users that made hundreds of edits across many articles, including music articles like this one. LLM use was flagged in that investigation, including one hallucination, and going through the involved users' contributions revealed many more signs of AI use.
In this case the edits in questions are the ones by NebulaNavigator77 (January 2025). Frustratingly, they made lots of edits individually which means lots of diffs to go through, some of which have been addressed and some of which haven't. In this case, I think it's limited to captions, but even those need review. For instance, this diff mentions 1946 for unclear reasons -- my best guess is that the output outputs the 1946 date of the photograph of something deeply symbolic.
Because combined these people have made literally hundreds of edits, most of which have gone undetected, I've been tagging them all at once to get more eyes on them, and pointing out that the root cause is likely AI and not just non-neutral tone. Gnomingstuff (talk) 20:32, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I recall being surprising by the sequential addition of these various performer images (predominantly vocalists) and potted biographical captions (resembling old-style cigarette / bubblegum card). What I have done is to remove those which depicted people not directly discussed in the section where they had been placed, and removing the caption, so there is now none of the contentious contributor's text surviving here. That makes the article less image-heavy but others are welcome to re-add any which they feel is appropriate to the topic. AllyD (talk) 18:43, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is so little about the personal and institutional discrimination that black jazz musicians face in this article. "Diversity in Jazz"? Really? Mentions white Jazz musicians in the 1920s having a bigger audience as if there was no cause to it. As far as I can tell, there is no mention of racism in this article. It also unfairly talks about how Duke and Louis fell out of favour by the early 60s in favour of solo pop stars without mentioning that all of the examples of solo pop stars are white people. Theojordan2003 (talk) 18:36, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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