Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, there was the music of Duke ... Harlem Renaissance. Elegant, dignified, gracious, and constantly performing and composing, Ellington ...

While the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing ... themselves and it all becomes part of my own style.” To know Duke ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Letter to the Musicians' Protective Association from Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Bust of Duke Ellington National Museum ...

Nearly a century after the Harlem Renaissance began ... sculptures and installations. "You'll see Duke Ellington performing at the Cotton Club and Cab Calloway dancing while he's conducting ...

The likes of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong helped garner a national reputation for Church Street, along with the Attucks Theater and the Plaza Hotel. Church Street: Harlem of the South is ...