Hudgins, Johnny [clippings] [1926?]-
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Jefferson, Margo
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Professor and arts critic Margo L. Jefferson was born on October 17, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, to Ronald and Irma Jefferson. Jefferson graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory School in 1964. She earned her B.A. degree in English and American literature from Brandeis University in 1968, and went on to earn her M.S. degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1971.In 1973, Jefferson was hired as an associate editor forNewsweekmagazine, where she worked until 1...
Hudgins, Johnny
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Johnny Hudgins (1896-1990) was an African American vaudeville performer and a part of the Harlem Renaissance. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 5, 1896 to Johnny Hudgins, Sr. and Minie Hudgins. He began his career in show business in Baltimore dancing in small clubs. For nine years thereafter he sang and danced on the burlesque circuit. After developing a pantomime blackface routine, Hudgins joined the Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake production "Chocolate Dandies." In 1926 he joined the Le...
