Music
Music Genres
- Jazz in the Jim Crow era - Jazz, Ken Burns film
- How Jazz Helped Hasten the Civil Rights Movement - WSJ
- PBSKidsGo! Jazz
- Mississippi Blues - Mississippi History Now
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) - American jazz trumpeter and singer. One of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross-over."
- Louis Armstrong - American Masters
- The Day Louis Armstrong Made Noise - NY Times
- Louis Armstrong Broke Silence on Civil Rights in 1957 - Queens Gazette
- Louis Armstrong House Museum - Queens, New York
James Brown (1933-2006) - Known as the "Godfather of Soul," Brown took strong public stands on issues of race during the 1960s and 1970s.
- James Brown - American Masters
- James Brown - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- The Night James Brown Saved Boston - review of documentary film about James Brown's televised concert in Boston the night after the assassination of Martin Luther King - and how it helped prevent the rioting that tore up cities across the country.
Duke Ellington
- Duke Ellington - American Masters on PBS
- Duke Ellington biography - Jazz a Film by Ken Burns
- Duke Ellington - Biography.com
- Notable Black Washingtonians - Duke Ellington's Washington
Aretha Franklin
- Aretha Franklin - American Masters on PBS
- Bio of Aretha Franklin - Rck & Roll Hall of Fame
Lena Horne - Born in Brooklyn in 1917, Lena Horne became one of the most popular African American performers of the 1940s and 1950s.
- Lena Horne - American Masters on PBS
- International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: Lena Horne
- American Masters - Lena Horne - PBS
- NY Times Obituary of Lena Horne (2010)
Mahalia Jackson
- Mahalia Jackson - Yahoo! links
- Mahalia Jackson - Gale Black History Biographies
- Mahalia Jackson - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography
- Mahalia Jackson: Voice of the Civil Rights Movement
B.B. King
- B.B. King - National Visionary Project
- B.B. King bio (Official site)
- B.B. King - Academy of Achievement - includes profile, biography, and interview
- B.B. King, King of the Blues - Mississippi History Now
Jimi Hendrix
Staple Singers & Mavis Staples
- Staple Singers - from WWTW-TV
- Talks about the Staples meeting Martin Luther King and reflections by Jesse Jackson on the Staples Singers and their music.
- Soul Singer Mavis Staples Vocalizes Civil Rights Movement - Gospel and soul singer Mavis Staples sang freedom songs throughout the civil rights movement. She discusses her role in the movement and the impact it has had throughout her career.
- Mavis Staples: From Stax, to Prince, to an acclaimed Civil Rights album - Cross Rhythm
- Staple Singers - Rock Hall of Fame