Category : Performance

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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...

A Pioneer in African American Film Production Maria P. Williams, a prominent figure in the early 20th-century African American film industry, made significant contributions as...

Queen Sylvia Embry was a prominent figure in the Chicago blues scene during the 1970s and 1980s. Her journey in the music industry was characterized...

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...

Memphis Minnie, born Lizzie Douglas, was a pioneering blues musician and singer who made a significant impact on the genre during the early to mid-20th...

William Edmondson (1874 or 1875 – 1951) was an African-American folk artist and sculptor from Nashville, Tennessee. He is notable for being the first African-American...

Dodging violent attacks by racist and drunken “fans,” resisting pressure from drug-peddling bosses, and inhaling smoke for hours in dank clubs comprised the “common plight”...