A 100-year-old ban on jazz music and dancing in New Orleans public schools has finally been lifted, though it was never actually enforced. WWNO's Aubri Juhasz explains how the ban came into being.

THANK YOU. ALRIGHT AUBREY. WELL JAZZ, AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS GO TOGETHER, LIKE COFFEE AND BEIGNETS, BUTID D YOU KNOW THERE WAS A TIME WHEN OUR CITY WENT AS FAR AS TO BANHE T PLAYING OF JAZZ MUSIC ...

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A 100-year-old ban on jazz music and dancing in New Orleans' public schools has finally been lifted — though it was never really enforced. A 100-year-old ban on jazz music and dancing in New Orleans ...