Music – The Blues
WROX Blues Radio Station (1944- )
WROX Blues Radio Station is a variety AM radio station in Clarksdale, Mississippi. WROX was established and started transmitting on...
Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
Mance Lipscomb was a blues singer, guitarist, and songster, born Beau De Glen Lipscomb on April 9, 1895, to an...
Gary Lee Clark Jr. (1984- )
Blues Guitarist Gary Lee Clark Jr. was born on February 15, 1984, in Austin, Texas, to Sandy Clark and Gary...
Denise LaSalle (1934-2018)
The legendary vocalist and lyricist Denise LaSalle was born Ora Denise Allen on July 16, 1934, on a plantation in...
Third Ward, Houston, Texas (1837- )
In 1837, Houston, Texas was incorporated and divided into four wards. The Southeast ward was named Third Ward and over...
Fourth Ward, Houston, Texas (1839- )
Fourth Ward is the oldest established African American neighborhood in Houston, Texas. It was created in 1839 by the city...
Della Reese (1931-2017)
Della Reese, born Delloresse Patricia Early on July 6, 1931, in the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, is best...
James Price Johnson (1894-1955)
Mostly known as the “Father of the Stride Piano,” James Johnson transformed music during the Harlem Renaissance. With his form of composition...
Danny Scarborough (1947-1989)
Danny Lyon Scarborough made his mark in the world in two arenas, as an innovative, Emmy Award-winning choreographer/dancer and as one of...
