Dr. Samantha Ege talks about her new book, the remarkable story of Black women who transformed Chicago’s classical music scene
Dr. Samantha Ege, a researcher, musicologist, concert pianist and author, joined Jewell Hillery on Sunday’s WGN Weekend ...
Ma Rainey: the blues pioneer who became an LGBTQ+ icon
Looking at the importance of blues pioneer Ma Rainey, who pioneered LGBTQ+ representation in music during the 1920s through ...
The Curious Case of ‘Naughty Little Nora,’ a Jazz Age Shape Shifter
Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues ...
How this Iowan overcame otherness and racism as a Black child adopted into a white family
Racism was not addressed in Jean-Marie Salem's family growing up. It wasn't until she found her birth family that she felt ...