Collection. 1887-

Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was the first great recording star of gospel music, and was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, later being referred to as "the original soul sister" and "the Godmot...

Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-

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Born on October 4, 1942, Bernice Johnson Reagon grew up in Albany, Georgia, where she became involved in the civil rights movement. As a student at Albany State College in 1961, Reagon was arrested for participating in a SNCC demonstration. She spent the night in jail singing songs and after her arrest joined the SNCC Freedom Singers to use music as a tool for civic action. Reagon earned her B.A. in history from Spelman College in 1970. In 1973, she founded Sweet Honey in the Rock, an award-winn...

Lutcher, Nellie, 1912-2007

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Nellie Lutcher (b. October 15, 1912, Lake Charles, Louisiana-d. June 8, 2007, Los Angeles, California) was an African-American R&B and jazz singer and pianist. She had several R&B hits in 1948 and is known for her duets with Nat "King" Cole....

Lowery, Pearl G.

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Johns, Altona Trent

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Norman, Ruth, 1927-2007

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Price, Florence, 1887-1953

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Florence Beatrice Price (b. April 9, 1887, Little Rock, AK–d. June 3, 1953, Chicago, IL) was born to a well respected interracial couple. Her first piano performance was at age four and her first composition was published at 11. At 14, Price graduated from Capitol High School as valedictorian and enrolled in the New England Conservatory of Music. There she studied with George Chadwick and Frederick Converse, and graduated in 1906 with honors. In 1910, she became the head of Clark Atlanta Univer...

Moore, Dorothy Rudd, 1940-

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Dorothy Moore was born in Jackson, Mississippi. She began her singing career by performing in talent shows in Jackson. In 1976, she had her first solo hit, "Misty Blue." She has continued to perform, has produced twelve albums, and has received five Grammy nominations. From the description of An oral history with Dorothy Moore, 1999 Feb. 9. c2000. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 45742907 ...

Tucker, Rosina Corrothers

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Born in 1881 in Washington D.C., Rosina Corrothers Tucker worked as a union organizer for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and served as the first president of the union's Ladies Auxiliary. She assisted in the planning for a March on Washington in 1941 to demand fair employment practices for African Americans, and also helped organize laundry and domestic workers in the District of Columbia. A prominent church, civic and community activist in Washington D.C., she ...

Bonds, Margaret

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Seraphine Sister

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Hackley, E. Azalia (Emma Azalia), 1867-1922

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MacKay-Simmons, Margo Nelleen, 1952-

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Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981

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Jazz pianist, arranger, and composer in Durham (Durham Co.), N.C. Died May 28, 1981. From the description of Terry Sanford [music manuscript] 1979. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 53905922 ...

Thomas, Ella

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Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981

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Highly regarded as a blues singer and vaudeville performer by the 1920s, Edith Wilson went on to perform on radio, television, and as a spokeswoman for the Quaker Oats Company. Wilson was born Edith Goodall on September 2, 1896 in Louisville, Kentucky to Susan Jones and Hundley Goodall. After performing locally in her youth and at Louisville's Park Theater, Wilson moved to Chicago and worked in local cabarets and clubs in 1921. In this period, she formed a musical trio with siblings Lena Wilson ...

Robinson, Gertrude Rivers

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Wood, Florence M.

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Greene, Diana R.

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Scott, Shirley, 1934-2002

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Brodie, Marie Albertine

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Herbison, Jeraldine Saunders

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Scott, Hazel R.

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Ring, Montague

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Handy, Elizabeth (Vocalist)

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King, Betty Jackson, 1928-1994

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Roberts, Josie Wilhelmina

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Goodwin, Anna Gardner, 1874-

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McSwain, Augusta

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Pittman, Evelyn LaRue, 1910-

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McCoy, Rose Mary

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Hagan, Helen Eugenia, 1893-1964.

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Rather, Sallie M.

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Moore, Undine S.

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Perry, Julia, 1924-1979

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Composer and lecturer. From the description of Julia Perry papers, 1962-1980. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972597 ...

Perry, Zenobia Powell, 1908-2004

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Kinney, L. Viola, approximately 1890-

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Evanti, Lillian, 1890-1967

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Lillian Evanti (born Lillian Evans on August 12, 1890) was an African-American soprano and composer of several songs. She received her musical education at Howard University and had additional vocal training in France and Italy. She toured widely throughout the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and South America, winning much critical acclaim for her opera performances. She died on December 6, 1967. From the description of Collection, [1925]-1963. (Columbia College Chicago). Worl...

Watkins, Mary P.

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Baiocchi, Regina A. Harris, 1956-

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Music composer Regina Harris Baiocchi was born on July 16, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Baiocchi received an education as eclectic as her talents. She has studied at DePaul University, Roosevelt University, Illinois Institute of Design and New York University. Baiocchi primarily composes instrumental and vocal music for opera, libretti and concertos. Among her distinctive compositions is "Gbeldahoven: No One's Child", a one-act opera written in 1996 about the careers of Zora Neale Hurston and Lang...

Bailey, Mable, 1939-

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Martin, Delores Edwards

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Heard, Edna Rosalyne.

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Sheppard, Madelyn

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Cayson, M. M. D.

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Templeton, Fay, 1865-1939

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Harding, Mable E.

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Moorman, Joyce Solomon, 1946-

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Lucas, Sam Mrs.

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Walker-Hill, Helen

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Helen Walker-Hill (b. 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a scholar, editor and performer specializing in music of black women composers. She has a B.A. degree from the University of Toledo in Ohio (1957), an M.A. in musicology from Smith College (1965) and a D.M.A. in piano performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder (1981). She has written several books and articles and has edited a number of scores for publication. With her son, violinist Gregory Walker, she produced and perform...

Richardson, Esther.

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Davison Watkins, Harriet, 1923-1978

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Smith, Louise A.

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Richardson, Victoria

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Alston, Lettie Beckon, 1953-

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Taylor, Nettie, 1870-1956

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Whitmore, Louise E.

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Wilburn, La Villa Tullos

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Holt, Nora Douglas, 1885-1974

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Grant, Micki

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Morel, Phoebe

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Goodloe, Lucille E.

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Tilghman, Amelia L.

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McFarland, Ollie

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Baity, Judith M.

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White, Dolores

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Taylor, Jeannetta

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Jessye, Eva, 1895-1992

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Eva Jessye-Director of Music-Writer. b. Coffeyville, Kan.; educated Western University, Kansas City, Kan.; State University for Colored, Langston, OK. Director of Music, Morgan College, Baltimore, Md., 1920; Editorial staff, Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., one year. Won prizes: Essay, Music, Poetry, Interstate Literary Society of Kansas and the West; President Interstate Society, 1924. Director of Music, first all-Negro moving picture, "Hallelujah," produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, di...

Thomas, Blanche K., 1885-1977

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African-American music teacher and composer, Blanche K. Thomas was the founder of the Thomas Music Study Club. Thomas graduated from the Juilliard School of Music (1928) and studied choral conducting at the Westminster Choir School. In 1932 she organized a mixed ensemble of youth to study and perform the music of African-American composers. Annual recitals were presented at a variety of New York venues including Carnegie Hall and the New York World's Fair. Originally called the Thomas Negro Comp...

Taylor, Jean, 1887?-1951

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Jenkins, Ella

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Ella Louise Jenkins, "the first lady of children's folk song," was born on August 6, 1924, in St. Louis, Missouri. Growing up on Chicago's South Side, Jenkins loved all kinds of games, but adored those involving rhythm, movement and music. Despite never having any formal musical training. Jenkins has become a first-rate composer and musician who plays the ukulele, the pipe organ, the harmonica and a wide variety of percussion instruments, in addition to singing.Having graduated from high school,...

Okoye, Nkeiru

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Leon, Tania F., 1963-

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Bragg, Lucinda

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Ricketts, Estelle D., 1871-

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Collins, Carrie Beatrice Holloway, 1930-

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Denver resident, musician (piano), and educator at Littleton Public Schools. From the description of Collection 1973-2003. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 56565974 Composer, teacher, and owner of Collins Music Publishing Company; nominee for Colorado Teacher of the Year; b. Carrie Beatrice Holloway; married Clinton C. Collins, Sr. From the description of Carrie B.H. Collins papers, 1971-1974. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70971632 P...

Hairston, Jacqueline B.

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Fouché, Ruth Allen

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Johnson, Georgia Douglas, -1966

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African American poet, lyricist, essayist, playwright, novelist, and musician, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, ca. 1930-ca. 1960. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70939782 ...

Wallen, Errollyn

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Cuney-Hare, Maud, 1874-1936

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Maud Cuney-Hare (1874-1936), concert pianist, writer, and lecturer, born in Galveston, Texas. From the description of Maud Cuney-Hare collection, 1900-1936. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477479 ...

Jackson, Marylou India

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Schuyler, Philippa

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Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931-1967) was an African-American pianist, composer, journalist and author. Her father George Schuyler was also a noted playwright and journalist. Philippa Schuyler was born on August 2nd, 1931 to Josephine Cogdell Schuyler and George S. Schuyler. Josephine was a white Texan from a ranching and banking family and George Schuyler was a highly esteemed black journalist. Philippa, therefore, was of mixed race. Josephine was extraordinarily attentive...

Crouch, Sandra.

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Smith, Irene Britton

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Irene Britton Smith (1907-1999) was born and educated in Chicago. Though professionaly she taught reading in the Chicago Public schools for forty years, during her summer vacations, she studied music, receiving a B. Mus. from the American Conservatory in 1946 and a M. Mus. from DePaul University in 1956. She also studied composition at Juilliard, at Tanglewood, and with Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France. Smith played violin, piano, and organ, and she served as...

Donegan, Dorothy

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Coleridge-Taylor, Avril, 1903-1998

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Busch, Marie 1885-1958

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Moore, Ella Sheppard, 1851-1914

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MacDowell, E. A.

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Eubanks, Rachel

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Campbell, Lucie Eddie, 1885-1963

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Yeocum, Ida M.

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Peterson, Clara Gottschalk

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Larkins, Ida M.

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Cummings-Taylor, Maude

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Capers, Valerie

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McLin, Lena J. (Lena Johnson), 1928-

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Musician, teacher, and composer, Reverend Lena McLin, was born September 5, 1928, in Atlanta, Georgia, to parents Benjamin J. and Bernice Dorsey Johnson. McLin's parents were close to Reverend A.D. Williams and Reverend William Holmes Borders; her childhood friends included young Martin Luther King, Jr. and his sister Christine. When she was five, McLin was sent to Chicago to live with her uncle, Thomas A. Dorsey, known as the father of gospel music; there she attended McCosh Elementary School a...

Murray, C. U. Mrs.

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Blevins, Patsy Ford

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Cox, Ida, 1889-1967

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Nickerson, Camille

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African American musician, composer, and music faculty member, Howard University (1926-1962); b. 1888; d. 1982. From the description of Papers, ca. 1927-ca. 1970. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70939778 1888 March 30 Born in New Orleans, Louisiana to William Joseph and Julie Ellen Nickerson. n.d. Graduated High School...

Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977

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Shirley (Graham) Du Bois was a political activist, writer, playwright, and composer. She was born in 1896, the only daughter of five children of David A. and Etta (Bell) Graham. Her father, a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal church, was appointed president of Monrovia College, Liberia, in 1926. Du Bois had two sons, Robert (b. 1923) and David (b. 1925), from an early short-lived marriage. In 1931 she entered Oberlin College to study music. The following year, ...