Occupation – Musicians -Composer
Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (1889-1987)
Composer, conductor, and flutist Alton Augustus Adams, Sr., was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, the Danish West Indies, on...
Shuffle Along (1921)
Shuffle Along, a musical comedy by composer Eubie Blake and lyricist Noble Sissle which featured an all-black cast, was the...
Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
On November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas, Sarah and Andrew Parks welcomed their fifteenth child, Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan...
William Levi Dawson [Composer] (1898-1990)
William Levi Dawson was an African American composer, choir director, and professor specializing in Black religious folk music. He was...
