Abbey Lincoln
August 6, 1930 · 95 years old
Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career not only out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards but writing and singing her own materi…
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5 titles
The Girl Can't Help It
A gangster hires a down-and-out press agent to make his airhead girlfriend a singing star.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumu...
Nothing But a Man
A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
For Love of Ivy
Upon learning their maid will be leaving to earn an education, the son of the family decides to set her up with a man.
Black Woodstock
The Harlem Cultural Festival, also known as "Black Woodstock", was a series of music concerts held in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City during the summer of 1969 to celebrate African American music and culture and to promote the co...