After her own performing career, which began when she was a child, she promoted the legacy of the woman who had encouraged her, Marian Anderson. Read entire story.
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Louis Armstrong’s Life in Letters, Music and Art
Step inside the mind of one of America’s great virtuosos, thanks to a vast archive of his personal writings, home recordings and artistic collages. Read entire story.
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Rewind: When Mick Met Jean-Luc
Two cultural icons, Jean-Luc Godard and Mick Jagger, come together in “Sympathy for the Devil,” which had an eventful London premiere. Read entire story.
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Aretha Franklin Was the Personification of Black Woman Magic
There was something about the fact that she looked like our aunts, mothers, sisters and neighbors that made her thrilling and untouchable and relatable. Read entire story.
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Overlooked No More: Sissieretta Jones, a Soprano Who Shattered Racial Barriers
She was the first African-American woman to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall, but she didn’t care for her stage name, “the Black Patti,” which compared her to a white diva. Read entire story.
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