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African American History

Writing

Duke Ellington
Born: Edward Kennedy
Ellington
Duke was an American
composer, pianist, and
bandleader of a jazz orchestra,
which he led from 1923 until
his death in a career spanning
over fifty years.

Langston Hughes
Born James Mercer
Langston Hughes
Langston was an American
poet, social activist,
novelist, playwright, and
columnist from Joplin,
Missouri. He was one of
the earliest innovators of
the then-new literary art
form called jazz poetry

Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong,
nicknamed
Satchmo or
Pops, was an
American
trumpeter,
composer,
singer and
occasional actor
who was one of
the most
influential
figures in jazz

George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver, was
an American botanist and
inventor. The exact day and year
of his birth are unknown; he was
born into slavery in Missouri,
either in 1861, or January 1864.
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Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston was
an American novelist,
short story writer,
folklorist, and
anthropologist. Of
Hurston's four novels and
more than 50 published
short stories, plays, and
essays, she is best known
for her 1937 novel Their
Eyes Were Watching God.

Billie Holiday
Eleanora Fagan,
professionally known as Billie
Holiday, was an American
jazz musician and singersongwriter with a career
spanning nearly thirty years.