Joyce Cobb (born June 2, 1945 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma) is an American singer specializing in jazz and R&B. She is closely associated with traditional blues and jazz artists, most specifically being in the style and lineage of Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith,Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughn. She has a wide ranging career as an award-winning solo artist and vocalist, having … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Scat and Bebop Singers
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Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Movie Producers
Debra Martin Chase (born October 11, 1956) is a two-time Emmy nominated motion picture and television producer and former lawyer who is the first African American woman to have a solo producing deal at a major studio. Her company, Martin Chase Productions, is affiliated with the Walt Disney Company and ABC Studios. Chase was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, but moved to … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Movie Producers
Tuesday Open Thread: Famous Black Painters
Lois Mailou Jones (November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998) was an artist who painted and influenced others during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond, during her long teaching and artistic career. Jones was the only African-American female painter of the 1930's and 1940's to achieve fame abroad, and the earliest whose subjects extend beyond the realm of portraiture. She was born … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Famous Black Painters
Tuesday Open Thread: African Kings and Queens of the Past
Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840–17 October 1921) (pronounced YAA A-san-TE-WAA) was appointed queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire—now part of modern-day Ghana—by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpese, the Ejisuhene—or ruler of Ejisu. In 1900, she led the Ashanti rebellion known as the War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa war, against British … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African Kings and Queens of the Past
Tuesday Open Thread: The History of the Gullah People
The Gullah people have been able to preserve much of their African cultural heritage because of geography, climate, and patterns of importation of enslaved Africans. Taken from the Western region of Africa in primarily the Krio and Mende populations of what is today Sierra Leone as slaves and transported to some areas of Brazil (including Bahia), the Gullah-Gheechee … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The History of the Gullah People