Milt Hinton

Milt Hinton

male, deceased (2000)
American jazz double-bassist Swing double-bassist Wendell Phillips High School Slapping double bass Jazz double-bassist
Milt Hinton born Milton John Hilton (Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 23, 1910; d. Queens, New York, December 19, 2000), "the dean of jazz bass... More
Walter Dyett

Walter Dyett

male, deceased (1969)
Vaudeville performer Wendell Phillips High School DuSable High School John Gilmore vaudeville University of California, Berkeley
Walter Henri Dyett (11 January 1901 - 17 November 1969) was an American violinist and music educator. As musical director at Jean Baptiste Point... More

William Watson

male
African American basketball player African-American from Chicago Harlem Globetrotters Lane Tech High School … Wendell Phillips High School
William Watson was one of the first African-American basketball players to lead an integrated team to a championship. In 1924 Watson's Lane Tech... More
Patricia Ann Franklin

Patricia Ann Franklin

female
Chicago State University coach national honor society reading Buffalo State College Financial Secretary … Wendell Phillips High School
Patricia Ann Franklin , affectionately referred to as Pat, was born May 4, 1946 to the union of Ivory Lee and Emma Jenkins in Chicago, Illinois.... More
Paula King

Paula King

female
Loyola University Chicago administrative assistant loyola wellness center Information Systems Wendell Phillips High School
Paula King Paula King , Administrative Assistant, grew up in Chicago and graduated from Wendell Phillips High School. She joined the Loyola... More

Geraldine McCullough

female
Atlanta University sculptor art education art institute Wendell Phillips High School graduated from the Art Institute
Geraldine McCullough (1922- ) Painter, Sculptor Geraldine McCullough was born December 1, 1922, in Maywood, a suburb of Chicago. She graduated... More

Taylor Pouncey

married personnel Board Member UNITED STATES MARINES Wendell Phillips High School Chairman of the Elections
Taylor Pouncey , Democrat from Chicago's 31st representative district, was born in Carbondale, Illinois and educated at Wendell Phillips High... More

Marla Gibbs

female
Television presenter writer actress The Jeffersons Wendell Phillips High School The Hughleys
She used to work for United Airlines, and she continued working there even after she landed a part on "The Jeffersons" (1975). She did not quit... More

Sam Cooke

male
musician Songwriter writer actor performer Wendell Phillips High School
Sam Cooke was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 22, 1931, one of eight children. His father, Charles Cooke, was a Baptist minister and it was in... More