West Point cadet marching band on Broadway in a procession honoring police officers killed in the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan in New York City in 2016. Rihanna: Singer Makes History as First Woman to Create Original Brand Under […]
Mary Lou Williams was a jazz pianist who performed with and arranged songs for several jazz legends in her time. The Atlanta-born, Pittsburgh-raised musician was born May 8, 1910. Mary Elfrieda Scruggs was known in her Pittsburgh neighborhood as a child prodigy, earning the nickname […]
She was known as the Queen of Swing, a dancer who helped make famous the lindy hop, a fast-paced, acrobatic dance popular during the Big Band era of the 1930s and 1940s. On Sunday, the queen, Norma Miller, died of congestive heart failure at her […]
Mary Mahoney made history by becoming the first Black woman to complete nursing training in America in 1879. The Boston, Mass. native was born May 7, 1845, although some sources state April 16 as her birthday. Mary Eliza Mahoney worked as a private-duty nurse […]
Black excellence can never be denied. As such, St. Thomas High School senior Kellin McGowan just became the first black valedictorian in the school’s 119-year history. His otherworldly 4.57 GPA beat out his peers, who principal Aaron Dominguez takes pride in for the nurturing […]
Charles “Buddy” Bolden is considered by most historians and practitioners of jazz to be the founding father of the art form. A new film Bolden opened in theaters this week examining the life and career of the legendary New Orleans cornetist. Bolden was born […]
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