Acclaimed Jazz Writer Seeks To Have Duke Ellington Posthumously Honored With Pulitzer Prize For Music
Jazz writer Ted Gioia created a petition to convince the Pulitzer Board to award Duke Ellington with a Pulitzer that he was denied in 1965....
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Fantasia and Dulé Hill Pay Homage to Harlem’s Cotton Club in “After Midnight”
A cast of music stars are scheduled to play roles in the play...
New Museum Ensures Black History is Part of the American Story
Barack Obama, Calvin Butts and others take part in groundbreaking for National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, DC...
Duke Ellington Honored on D.C. Quarter
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington has done something that no other African American has ever done. The jazz legend became the first to appear solo on...