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• The HistoryMakers Digital Archive

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  Watch oral history interviews with the artists in this list and many more historically significant Black Americans with The HistoryMakers Digital Archive - free with your library card!

• Isaac Hayes Sings for Lovers

  Hayes, Isaac

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  Search for Isaac Hayes in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about his family roots, early life, & career.

• The Best of Herbie Hancock

  Hancock, Herbie

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  Search for Herbie Hancock in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about his family, his first piano, & his first exposure to jazz music.

• Make a Pretty Sound

  a Story of Ella Jenkins

  Todd, Traci N.,

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  Search for Ella Jenkins in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about "the first lady of children's folk song." She shares her family background & her involvement in the folk music revival & the early Civil Rights Movement.

• The Motown Anthology

  Wilson, Mary, 1944-2021

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  Search for Mary Wilson in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about how she learned she was adopted, the formation of The Primettes, & memories of The Supremes.

• B.B. King

  King, B. B.

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  Search for B.B. King in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about the blues music icon's childhood, serving as a farm worker, & guitar technique.

• The Best of Eartha Kitt

  Where Is My Man?

  Kitt, Eartha

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  Search for Eartha Kitt in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about her youth, experiences traveling, & her perspective on race.

• The Quintessence

  Jones, Quincy, 1933-2024

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  Search for Quincy Jones in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about how he discovered his love of music, his move from jazz into pop, & his success.

• Going to a Go-Go / Away We a Go-Go

  Away We a Go-go

  Robinson, Smokey

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  Search for Smokey Robinson in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about how he wrote his first lyrics at six years old, got his nickname, & his experience being vice president at Motown.

• The Essential Run-D.M.C.

  Run-D.M.C. (Musical group)

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  Search for Darryl "DMC" McDaniels in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about his adoption, introduction to hip hop music, & his early friendship with Reverend Run.

• Love and Freedom

  Winans, Bebe

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  Search for BeBe Winans in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about his upbringing, purchasing his first car, & performing as BeBe & CeCe.

• The Best of Dionne Warwick

  Warwick, Dionne

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  Search for Dionne Warwick in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about her beginnings in the music industry, her film debut, & her humanitarian efforts.

• To Be Loved

  The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown

  Gordy, Berry

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  Search for Berry Gordy in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive to hear about the songwriter and music executive's childhood passions, relationships with various artists, & Motown: The Musical.