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Gladys Knight:
R&B Legend, Gladys Knight Was Born On May 28, 1944, In Atlanta, Georgia.
She Gained Fame As A Singer In 1952, At Age 7, By Winning Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour TV Show Contest.
In 1953 She, Her Brother, Merald, Sister, Brenda, And Cousins, William And Elenor Guest, Formed A Group Called The Pips. Brenda And Elenor Were Eventually Replaced By Cousins, Edward Patten And Langston George (George
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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson:
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May 25, 1878, Luther Bill Robinson Was Born In Richmond, Virginia. And
With Him, A New Word Was Added To The English Language.
Best Known As Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, He Coined The Term, "Copacetic," Which Meant Okay Or Fine.
Bojangles
Began His Career In Vaudeville. His Tap Dancing (Considered An Original
African American Art), Took Him To Broadway And Hollywood In The
1920's.
He
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Duke Ellington:
Legendary
Composer, Pianist And Big-Band Leader, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington,
Died Of Lung Cancer In New York City, On May 24, In 1974.
One
Of The Most Creative And Important Composers Of The 20th Century,
Ellington Influenced American Music From The Swing Era Of The 1930's
Until His Death In The 1970's.
For More Than Half A Century,
Ellinfton Led What Some Critics Consider "The Best Jazz
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The Shuffle Along Orchestra:
The Musical, Shuffle Along, Opened On Broadway On May 23, 1921.
Written, Produced And Performed By African Americans, Shuffle Along Received Rave Reviews And Played On Broadway For 504 Performances Before Embarking On A Year-Long, Nationwide Tour.
The
Musical-Comedy Featured Extraordinary Singing, Dancing And Comedy
Routines. It Also Launched The Careers Of Several Black Entertainers,
Including, Florence Mills, Josephine Baker, Eubie Blake And Noble Sissle.
Blake Composed The Show's Music Which Featured Songs That Would become American
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Langston Hughes:
On May 22, 1967, One Of The Most Prolific American Writers Of The 20th Century Died.
Langston Hughes Died In New York City While Working On A New Collection Of Poetry That Was Later Published As " The Panther And The Lash."
Hughes' Career Spanned From The Harlem Renaissance Of The 1920s Through The New Black Renaissance Of The 1960s.
His First Volume Of Poetry, The Weary Blues, Was Published In 1926 And His First Book Of Short Stories, The Ways Of White Folks, In 1934.
Hughes' Novels, Poetry, Plays And Short Stories Were Central To The Transition Of
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