SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Miles Davis beaten up by the NYPD outside the Birdland Jazz Club for walking a white girl to a cab and having a cigarette, 1959.

Monday, 17 November 2025

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Just a reminder: this was the USA in my lifetime! In NYC!

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Miles Davis beaten up by the NYPD outside the Birdland Jazz Club for walking a white girl to a cab and having a cigarette, 1959.

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