Black Swan Records
Black Swan Records was the first black-owned recording company that sold popular music to black audiences. Black Swan Records specialized in jazz and blues recordings...
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Charles Richard Patterson
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The C.R. Patterson & Sons Company was a carriage building firm and the first African American-owned automobile manufacturer. The company was founded by Charles Richard...
Robert Sengstacke Abbott
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Robert Sengstacke Abbott was a prominent African American lawyer, newspaper publisher, and editor. He is best known for founding the Chicago Defender, one of the...
Hugh Mulzac
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George W. Gibbs, Jr
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In 1875, Oliver Lewis became the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, America’s longest continuous sporting event. Lewis was born in 1856 in Fayette...
Bobby “Blue” Bland
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Bobby “Blue” Bland was a legendary blues singer and songwriter who left an indelible mark on the music industry. Born in Rosemark, Tennessee in 1930,...
Roy Eldridge
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David Roy Eldridge, known as Roy Eldridge and affectionately called “Little Jazz,” was an American trumpeter who left an indelible mark on the jazz world....
Fletcher Henderson
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