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GOSPEL TREE: AMERICA'S ROOTS, SOUL SERIES

"If America disappears tomorrow and people are arguing over its legacy, the thing that will win out for sure is African-American music. Something that couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world had to happen as an accident of history in my country. It's our greatest export." 

 - David Simon, Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2013; 32m, 28s

"Gospel Tree: America's Roots"

2006

ink and graphite on watercolor paper

overall dimension: 83 x 41 cm

32-1/2 x 16-1/4 in.

or

10 x 10 cm (each)

3-7/8 x 3-7/8 in. 


made in: Karlsruhe, Germany (DE)


Sallie Martin (1895 - 1988), aka "Mother of Gospel Music" 








"Mother" Willie Mae Ford Smith (1904 - 1994)








Roberta Martin (1902 - 1964)








Gertrude "Ma Rainey" Bridgett (1886 - 1936), aka "Mother of the Blues"








Alberta Hunter (1895 - 1984)








Memphis Minnie Mc Coy (1897 - 1973)








Marian Anderson (1897 - 1993)








Dinah Washington (1924 - 1963), aka "Queen of the Blues"








Shirley Caesar (b. 1938)








Bessie Smith (1894 - 1937), aka "Empress of the Blues"








Sister Rosetta Thorpe (1915 - 1973)








Alberta Walker (1929 - 2010), aka "Queen of Gospel"








Arlette B. Broil (1922 - 1989), aka "Bessie Griffin"








Clara Ward (1924 - 1973)








Mahalia Jackson (1911 - 1972)








Billie Holiday (1915 - 1959), aka "Lady Day"








Dorothy Love Coates (1928 - 2002)








Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996), aka "First Lady of Song"








Willie Mae Thornton (1926 - 1984), aka "Big Mama"








Odetta Holmes (1930 - 2008)








Aretha Franklin (1942 - 2018), aka "The Queen of Soul"








Dr. Nina Simone (1933 - 2003), aka "High Priestess of Soul"








Sarah Lois Vaughn (1924 - 1990), aka "The Divine One"




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