McCoy Tyner
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...
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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....
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883): Ain’t I A Woman?
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The Speech Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the...
John McFerren
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John McFerren, a prominent civil rights activist, played a pivotal role in the Tent City campaign of Fayette and Haywood Counties in the early 1960s....
Viola Harris McFerren
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Viola Harris McFerren was a civil rights activist alongside her husband, John McFerren, in Fayette County, Tennessee. Viola Harris was born on October 19, 1931,...
Alexandre Sabès Pétion
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Alexandre Sabès Pétion was a significant figure in the history of Haiti, serving as President from 1807 until his death in 1818. Born on 2...