Sarah Palin Racist Comments Witness Gregory Charles Royal to Hold Press Conference National Press Club

Former Duke Ellington Orchestra trombonist Gregory Charles Royal details a racial encounter between him and Sarah Palin in a press conference to be held at The National Press Club on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 in the Zenger Room from 9:00am-11:00am

Royal claims Palin made racially disparaging comments to him about his Duke Ellington Orchestra bandmates during their concert tour of Alaska.

Royal, a respected international musician who holds a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies, is also artistic director of American Youth Symphony , producers of the television program America’s Hot Musician.

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