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Florence Mills (Florence Winfrey) was born a daughter of formerly enslaved parents Nellie (Simon) and John Winfrey in 1896 in Washington, D.C. She began performing as a child. At the age of six she sang duets with her two older sisters, Olivia and Maude. [2] They eventually formed a vaudeville act, calling themselves the Mills Sisters. [3]
Shuffle Along is a musical composed by Eubie Blake, with lyrics by Noble Sissle and a book written by the comedy duo Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles. [1] [2] [3] One of the most notable all-Black hit Broadway shows, it was a landmark in African-American musical theater, credited with inspiring the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s.
This is a list of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, ... Florence Mills [1] Ma Rainey [1] Bessie Smith [1] Mamie Smith [1]
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, ... [36] Florence Mills and bandleaders Duke Ellington, ...
Underneath a Harlem Moon: The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall. Continuum. ISBN 0826458939. Wintz, Cary D., ed. (2007). Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance. Naperville: Sourcebooks. ISBN 978-1-4022-0436-4.
The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, and spanning the 1920s. This list includes intellectuals and activists, writers, artists, and performers who were closely associated with the movement.
It became known as Harlem Week, and would go on to draw back those who had departed. 50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance Skip to main ...
Gee and Edith Spencer became partners as Harlem’s Sweethearts in 1928. Later, Allegretti Anderson (1898–1944) [Note 1] joined the group and they became a trio billed as Harmony Trio, the Creole Beauties, and the Three Dark Sisters. [3] In 1927, Gee was an honorary pallbearer in the funeral of Florence Mills. [2]