CHANCELLOR J. WILLIAMS
Prominent in the pantheon of Afrocentric scholars is Chancellor James Williams, the son of a former slave, born on December 22, 1898, in Bennettsville, South...
Author : joe bodego
Harriette Vyda Simms Moore
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Harriette Vyda Simms Moore was an African American educator, Civil Rights leader, and the wife of Harry Tyson Moore who was the founder of the...
Pharoah Sanders
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Farrell Sanders, also known as Pharoah Sanders, was born on October 13, 1940, in Little Rock, Arkansas. His early exposure to music, through his family...
Tony Williams
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Tony Williams, born in Chicago in 1945, is widely regarded as one of the most influential drummers in jazz history. His innovative approach to rhythm...
McCoy Tyner
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McCoy Tyner was an American jazz pianist and composer, known for his distinctive style and his contributions to the development of modern jazz. He was...
Ron Carter
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Ron Carter is an American jazz double bassist and composer. He was born on May 4, 1937, in Ferndale, Michigan, and began playing cello at...
Wynton Marsalis
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Successful jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (born 1961) is America’s top modern purist of the genre. Influenced by the jazz artists from the early 1900s through...
Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr.
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Jazz pianist and music professor Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 14, 1934. As a youth, Marsalis played clarinet....
Marsha Lovelle Turner Taylor
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Marsha Lovelle Turner Taylor was the first national leader of the Black Panther Party Free Breakfast Program. She was born on May 27, 1953, in...
Mary Logan Reddick
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Mary Logan Reddick was a neuroembryologist and the first female biology instructor at Morehouse College. Reddick was born on December 31, 1914, in Atlanta, Georgia....