George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) is an American composer that succeeded in many genres. He is famous for his musical comedies ("Funny Face"), pop songs( "Swanee"), orchestral work ("Rhapsody in Blue") and even an opera ("Porgy and Bess.")
George Gershwin Alone is a one-man show about Gershwin's life that recently closed in Chicago.
Although the Gershwin bio is brief, the links to other American Masters are priceless.
George Gershwin "grew up in New York City and his precocious talent for music started early on a piano bought for his older brother Ira.
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) was a prominent black leader, educator, presidential advisor, and founder of the Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University.). Although born a slave, after the slaves were freed in 1865, Washington found a way to get an
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
Documenting the American South, housed at the University of North Carolina, is a digital collection of texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history.
This slide show biography is my Booker T.
The Virginia tobacco farm house were Washington was born is now a National Monument maintained by the National Park Service.
Built by a college student studying to become a teacher, this Booker T.
RSS Feed for This Page