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  2. Harlem Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [1]

  3. History of African Americans in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (born 1932), an attorney from Los Angeles, became the first African American woman in the California Legislature and in 1972 became the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the West Coast. She served in Congress from 1973 until the end of 1978.

  4. Category:Musicians from California - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Musicians from California" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 237 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  5. List of composers of African descent - Wikipedia

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    Eileen Southern, Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982. Lester Sullivan, "Composers of Color of Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The History Behind the Music", Black Music Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 1 (1988), 51–82.

  6. Jazz Age - Wikipedia

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    It was not until the 1930s and 1940s that many women jazz singers, such as Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, were recognized as successful artists in the music world. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] Another famous female vocalist who attained stardom at the tail-end of the Jazz Age was Ella Fitzgerald, one of the more popular female jazz singers in the United ...

  7. Harry Gibson - Wikipedia

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    In the 1930s, after Prohibition ended, Gibson played regularly in Harlem nightclubs. [5] He punctuated his piano stylings with a running line of jive patter, which can be traced directly to recordings of the late-1930s jazz personality Tempo King (1915–1939), who was described by columnist Walter Winchell as "the white Fats Waller". [6]

  8. 25 famous Black singers and their songs - AOL

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    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 04: (l-R) Brandy and Burna Boy perform onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

  9. Jazz - Wikipedia

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    5.1 Swing in the 1920s and 1930s. ... Black musicians were able to provide entertainment ... composed by Cuban-born Mario Bauza and recorded by Machito and his Afro ...