Born Leroi Jones (born 1934), poet and playwright Amiri Baraka has been an important, yet often...
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Linked article: Save Our African American Treasures: A National Collections Initiative
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Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) entered a Harlem talent contest in the mid-1930s, intending to do a...
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One of the most dynamic and innovative figures in American popular music for half a century, "...
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This 1976 portrait shows thirty-two-year-old dancer Judith Jamison (born 1944) performing her...
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With a voice that routinely brought audiences to their feet, soprano Leontyne Price (born 1927) was...
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A trumpet virtuoso with a wide smile and an ebullient personality, jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong (...
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