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Library Exhibits at the Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library: Black Female Vocalists

"Who Is Your Favorite Black Female Vocalist?" curated by Karyn Hinkle, on display at the Little Fine Arts Library in winter 2019

black female vocalists poster

Marian Anderson

 

 

Marian Anderson

CD

Marian Anderson in the Legendary Performers series (Pacifica, Inc., 200x)

Fine Arts Library Media Center CD 10568

 

 

Ella Fitzgerald

 

Ella CD

CD

The Best of Ella Fitzgerald (Decca Jazz, 1996)

Fine Arts Library Media Center CD 11245

 

Billie Holiday

Lady Day DVD

DVD

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (Kultur International Films, 2003)

Fine Arts Library Media Center DVD 771

 

Mahalia Jackson

 

Mahalia CD

CD

Mahalia Jackson Sings America’s Favorite Hymns (Columbia, 198x)

Fine Arts Library Media Center CD 8873

 

Ma Rainey

 

Milestone Rainey CD

CD

Ma Rainey (Milestone Records, 1992)

Fine Arts Library Media Center CD 6038

 

Diana Ross

The Wiz

DVD

The Wiz (Universal, 1999)

Fine Arts Library Media Center DVD 363

 

Nina Simone

Nina Simone cd

CD

To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story (RCA/Legacy, 2008)

Fine Arts Library Media Center BCD 83

 

 

 

Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington Verve

CD

Dinah Washington Sings Standards (Verve Records, 1994)

Fine Arts Library Media Center CD 4351

 

Marian Anderson Arsenault book

book

The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert that Awakened America by Raymond Arsenault, 2009

Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .A6 A77 2009

 

 

Sid Colin

book

Ella: The Life and Times of Ella Fitzgerald by Sid Colin, 1986

Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .F52 C64 1986

 

Clarke Holiday book

book

Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday by Donald Clarke, 1995

Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .H58 C55 1995

 

 

Mahalia Jackson book

book

Movin’ On Up: Mahalia Jackson, 1911-1972 by Evan McLeod Wylie, 1966

Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .J17 A3

 

 

Lieb Ma Rainey book cover

book

Mother of the Blues: A Study of Ma Rainey by Sandra R. Lieb, 1981

Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .R274 L5

 

 

Diana Ross memoir

book

Secrets of a Sparrow: Memoirs by Diana Ross, 1993

Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .R879 A3 1993

 

Nadine Cohodas Nina Simone book

book

Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone by Nadine Cohodas, 2010

Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .S5635 C65 2010

 

Cohodas Washington bio

book

Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington

by Nadine Cohodas, 2004

Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .W2 C65 2004

 

You can write-in a vote for YOUR favorite Black female vocalist using Post-It notes at the Fine Arts Library! Come see our exhibit in person next time you are here.

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