Black History Month Collection

We've compiled a list of musicians we have within the archive that you should know as part of Black History Month.

Discover the music behind these musicians.

Big Maybelle	Chuck Berry	Count Basie
Esther Bigeou	Blind Blake	Big Bill Broonzy
Bessie Brown	Duke Ellington	The Inkspots
Lillian Glinn	Lil Green	Coleman Hawkins
Billie Holiday	Rosetta Howard	Alberta Hunter
Blind Lemon Jefferson	Lonnie Johnson	Pete Johnson
Robert Johnson	Huddie LeadBelly	Eartha Kitt
Blind Willie McTell	Lizzie Miles	Memphis Minnie
Ma Rainey	Tampa Red	Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Crows	The Dominoes	The Orioles
The Platters	Bessie Smith	Clara Smith
Victoria Spivey	Maxine Sullivan	Sippie Wallace
Fats Waller	Ethel Waters	Bert Williams

 

 

 

 

 

Please note, due to copyright some items may only be available as a 45 second snippet.

If you are a Researcher or Educator in need of full access to these recordings, click here.

FAU Students, Faculty and Staff can listen to recordings unrestricted by logging into the Research Station using their FAU NET ID.