Category : Performance

Louis Gossett, Jr. is an esteemed American actor, known for his powerful performances on stage and screen. With a career spanning over six decades, Gossett...

The tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to win international fame as a concert performer. A native of Georgia, he traveled and...

Florence Mills was an American entertainer who captivated audiences with her exceptional talent, charisma, and beauty. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1896, Mills began performing...

Fredericka Carolyn “Fredi” Washington was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1903 and died in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1994. Fredi began her career as a dancer...

Legendary jazz bassist William Thomas “Keter” Betts was born July 22, 1928, in Port Chester, New York. While running an errand for his mother while...

Ella Williams was born on this date in 1919. She was a Black operatic soprano. Camilla Ella Williams was born in Danville, Virginia, to Fannie...

Maria P. Williams, who, like Tressie Souders, also lived in Kansas City, Missouri, produced, distributed, and acted in her own film, The Flames of Wrath...

For a period of time in the ‘70s and ‘80s, it appeared that Queen Sylvia Embry was going to emerge as one of Chicago’s leading...

It’s not at all unusual for artists to engage in creative or financial differences with their record labels, but only a few end up in...