Category : Performance

Mattiwilda Dobbs’s exceptional vocal gifts and musical skills enabled her to cross color barriers to become an internationally known opera star. The Atlanta native was...

Malvin Gray Johnson was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on January 28, 1896. Johnson started creating artwork as a child. His first drawing lesson was...

Archibald Motley, Jr. was an influential African-American artist known for his vibrant and dynamic paintings depicting life in 20th-century America. Born on October 7, 1891,...

Lyric soprano Lillian Evanti (1890-1967) was the first African American to perform with a major European opera company, but she also maintained deep ties to...

The Supremes, an American pop-soul vocal group whose tremendous popularity with a broad audience made its members among the most successful performers of the 1960s...

Martha and the Vandellas, later known as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, American soul-pop vocal group that challenged the Supremes as Motown Records’ premier female...

Holland-Dozier-Holland, the American production and songwriting team was credited with largely shaping the sound of Motown Records in the 1960s. Brian Holland (b. February 15,...

Lamont Dozier was born and raised in Detroit and was surrounded by music as a child, beginning to write lyrics and music before he was...

Actress Nichelle Nichols was born on December 28, 1932, in Robbins, Illinois near Chicago. Her father, Samuel Earl Nichols, was a factory worker who also...