Basil Paterson

Basil Paterson

male
Basil A. Paterson is a longtime political leader in New York and Harlem. He is the second African American to be the nominee of a major party for...
Claude Brown

Claude Brown

male, deceased (2002)
Claude Brown (February 23, 1937 - February 2, 2002) is the author of "Manchild in the Promised Land," published to critical acclaim in 1965, which...
Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud

male, deceased (1974)
Darius Milhaud (September 4, 1892 - June 22, 1974) was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of "Les Six" - also known as the "Groupe des...
Johnny Copeland

Johnny Copeland

male, deceased (1997)
Johnny Copeland (b. 27 March 1937, Haynesville, Louisiana - d. 3 July 1997, Harlem, New York) was an American blues guitarist and singer. As a...
Alice Childress

Alice Childress

female, deceased (1994)
Alice Childress (born October 12, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina, died August 14, 1994) was an American playwright and author. Childress was...
Ralph MacDonald

Ralph MacDonald

male, 65 years old
Ralph MacDonald is a Grammy-award winning American percussionist born in Harlem, New York, in 1944. He joined Harry Belafonte's band at age 17. He...
Luckey Roberts

Luckey Roberts

male, deceased (1968)
Charles Luckeyeth Roberts, better known as Luckey Roberts was a composer and stride pianist who worked in the jazz, ragtime, and blues styles....
Walter Turnbull

Walter Turnbull

male, deceased (2007)
Dr. Walter Turnbull was an African American musician and the founder of the Boys Choir of Harlem. Turnbull graduated from Tougaloo College where he...
Norma Miller

Norma Miller

female, 89 years old
Norma Miller (born December 2, 1919 in Harlem, New York) is an American swing dancer known to many people as The Queen of Swing. She was...
Carl Hancock Rux

Carl Hancock Rux

male, 38 years old
Rux Revue (Sony/Epic), produced by the Dust Brothers,Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, featuring drummers Joey Waronker (formerly of "REM"), and...