“When I sing, I don’t want them to see that my face is black. I don’t want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.” – Marian Anderson
This week, our series honoring Black History Month continues by looking to the influential African American women in music, from blues to hip-hop to classical, that used their voice to inspire and empower, and whose musical influence can still be heard today.
The “Godmother of Rock ‘N’ Roll,” Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, Tennessee
Eartha Kitt, Lady Bird Johnson, and Vietnam
An interview with Big Mama Thornton
Women in Hip-Hop, through film
Florence Price, the first African American woman recognized as a symphonic composer
In Alabama: “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement,” Odetta, was born in Birmingham, Alabama on the last day of December 1930.
@ The School of Making
New DIY Kits launch later today. Plus a new class from Craftsy is arriving very soon…
@ The Factory Store + Café
Third Tuesdays Sewing group meets tomorrow from 8:30am – 11:30am.
The Daily Menu (Monday through Friday + Saturday brunch)
The Factory Café will be closed Monday, February 26th and Tuesday, February 27th for renovations, but you can still visit The Factory Store from 10:00am until 5:00pm