A. Kori Hill Thomas Greene Wiggins was born in 1849 in Columbus, Georgia. He grew up with his parents, Charity and Mingo Wiggins, on the plantation of Colonel James Bethune. […]
He’s one of those people that when you find out he’s at the same conference you
In my last blog, I wrote about the musical legacy of the 369th Infantry or the Harlem Hellfighters. I referenced the fact that while we think of this as an […]
He’s one of those people that when you find out he’s at the same conference you
A. Kori Hill There are times when your dream isn’t derailed but postponed. That can happen for a variety of reasons. For Irene Britton Smith (1907–1999), it was because of […]
He’s one of those people that when you find out he’s at the same conference you are
October 6, 2021, marked the 150th anniversary of the first tour of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, a vocal ensemble who widened the definition of American music during the late 19th […]
He’s one of those people that when you find out he’s at the same conference you
A. Kori Hill A few posts ago, we discussed signifyin(g): a formal process in Black music where older material is quoted and transformed into a new context. You can hear […]
He’s one of those people that when you find out he’s at the same conference you are
