Nina Kennedy
Feb 24, 2020
The Fisk Jubilee Singers in Great Britain: 1900-1903
In a letter written in Dublin in 1901, my grandmother mentions that she and the group were filmed with a "cinematograph." Of cours
Nina Kennedy
Feb 21, 2020
The National Museum of African American Music
The curators for the museum had asked me for some materials on my parents, which would be included in the exhibit on the Fisk Jubilee Singer
Nina Kennedy
Jan 5, 2020
"African American Entertainers in Australia and New Zealand" by Bill Egan
Bill Egan saw my blog on Leota Henson last year, and asked for my permission to use the photograph. The reason I had that photograph was bec
INFEMNITY
Sep 12, 2019
AMERICAN PIANIST RETRACES GRANDMOTHER'S STEPS IN LONDON
One hundred and nineteen years after Nina Clinton's arrival in London, her granddaughter returned to the British capital to revisit her
Nina Kennedy
Aug 25, 2018
Part 4 of the Writings of Leota Henson Turner
Leota Henson describes travels in Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand with Frederick Loudin's Jubilee Singers
Nina Kennedy
Jul 15, 2018
Writings of Leota Henson Turner
Here is part 2 of the writings of Leota Henson Turner, describing the world concert tour of Loudin's Jubilee Singers from 1888 to 1900.
Nina Kennedy
Jul 4, 2018
Leota Henson Turner
While going through a box of my grandmother’s papers and photo albums, I happened upon seven stapled, typed pages written by her friend Leot
Nina Kennedy
May 29, 2018
Letters from my Grandmother - Part 3
More letters from my grandmother Nina Hortense Clinton while she was in London on tour with Frederick Loudin’s Jubilee Singers in 1902
Nina Kennedy
May 12, 2018
Letters from my Grandmother - Part 2
The continuation of this letter from my grandmother Nina Hortense Clinton, dated March 27, 1902, while she was in London on tour with Freder
Nina Kennedy
May 7, 2018
Letters from my Grandmother
Recently I came across a notebook of letters written by my maternal grandmother, Nina Hortense Clinton of Zanesville, Ohio.