The 1920s saw a revolution in technology the advent of the recording industry that created the first class of AfricanAmerican women to sing their way to fame and fortune Blues divas such as Bessie ...
Queen Latifah waited two decades to bring "Bessie" to the screen. The result -- a tough, tuneful biopic about 1920s blues singer Bessie Smith with Latifah in the title role - airs at 7 p.m. Saturday ...
SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. — When multi-instrumentalists Jerron Paxton and Dennis Lichtman go out into the world together, they look to the past for inspiration. Growing up on opposite coasts — Paxton in Los ...
She sang, she played the keys, and she rocked a suit like the best of them. Whatever Gladys Bentley did, she did with absolute aplomb. She knew from a young age that she ran a bit on the butch side; ...
A photographic series by Alan Govenar explores rural East Texas and little-known places that 1920s blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson visited or alluded to in his songs. The collection of 34 large ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A black and white photograph of John ...
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