by linonway | Jun 10, 2018
Nat King Cole Nat King Cole Born on March 17, 1919, in Montgomery, Alabama, Nat King Cole was an American musician who first came to prominence as a jazz pianist. He owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band...
by linonway | Jun 9, 2018
Gwendolyn Bennett Gwendolyn Bennett Gwendolyn Bennett- (1902-1981) Poet, short-story writer, columnist, journalist, illustrator, graphic artist, arts educator, teacher and administrator on the New York City Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Project...
by linonway | Nov 12, 2017
Zora Neale Hurston Born in Alabama in 1891, Zora Neale Hurston became a fixture of New York City’s Harlem Renaissance, thanks to novels like Their Eyes Were Watching God and shorter works like “Sweat.” She was also an outstanding folklorist and...
by linonway | Nov 12, 2017
Mom's Mabley Loretta Aiken took her stage name, Jackie Mabley, from an early boyfriend, commenting to Ebony in a 1970s interview that he had taken so much from her, it was the least she could do to take his name.Later she became known as “Moms”...