Presents biographical profiles of African Americans, both legendary and less well-known, who have made significant contributions to music in the United States over the past 200 years.
Content Note
Content includes: Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield -- Edmund Dede -- Thomas "Blind Tom" Greene Bethune -- Millie-Christine McCoy -- Scott Joplin -- W.C. Handy -- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (Pridgett) -- Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle -- Francis Hall Johnson -- Bessie Smith -- Marian Anderson -- Paul Robeson -- Duke Ellingon -- Thomas Andrew Dorsey -- Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong -- Mahalia Jackson -- Ella Fitzgerald -- B.B. King -- Chuck Berry -- Ray Charles -- James Brown -- Doug and Frankie Quimby -- Aretha Franklin -- Jessye Norman -- Stevie Wonder -- Michael Jackson -- and Queen Latifah.