Philippa Duke Schuyler
August 2, 1931 – May 9, 1967 Child Prodigy / [...]
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869 Composer / Pianist [...]
Scott Joplin
1868 – April 1, 1917 Composer / Pianist Scott Joplin's [...]
Edward K. “Duke” Ellington
April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974 Bandleader / Composer [...]
William “Count” Basie
Musician / Bandleader / Composer August 21, 1904 – April [...]
Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr.
April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984 Singer / Songwriter [...]
(William Mercer) Will Marion Cook
January 27, 1869 – July 19, 1944 Musician / Choral [...]
Henry Thacker (“Harry”) Burleigh
December 2, 1866 – September 12, 1949 Singer / Composer [...]
Maestro James Anderson DePreist
November 21, 1936 – February 8, 2013 Orchestra Conductor / [...]
Shirley Graham Du Bois
November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977 Author / Playwright [...]