Tag: blues

  • SAY THEIR NAMES

    SAY THEIR NAMES

    Below are the names of Black entertainers that lived in a three block radius in Central Harlem now a historic district. This shows that talent was in abundance in our community. These names are now forgotten. Let’s bring them back by saying their names. It’s quite a list. 1920 Census…

  • 10,000 PHOTOS DOCUMENT ALVIN AILEY’S GROUNDBREAKING DANCES

    10,000 PHOTOS DOCUMENT ALVIN AILEY’S GROUNDBREAKING DANCES

    Images of Alvin Ailey and his eponymous dance company taken by the photographer Jack Mitchell are now available via the Smithsonian’s Online Virtual Archives. For those of us who appreciate Ailey’s distinctively African-American rendition of modern and contemporary dance since the early ’60s it is a privilege being able to…