Lucinda Bragg Adams
Lucina Bragg Adams (1870-1932) was an American composer, writer, and editor from Petersburg, Virginia.
Lucinda Bragg Adams | |
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Born | 1870 |
Died | 1932 61–62) | (aged
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Composer, writer, editor |
Home town | Petersburg, Virginia |
Relatives | George Freeman Bragg (brother) |
Early life and education
Lucinda Bragg Adams was born in 1870[1] in Old Dominion, near Petersburg, Virginia, the daughter of George and Mary Bragg.[2] She attended the Colored Schools of Petersburg. Adams' family were close friends of John Mercer Langston, the first African-American Congressman, and Adams later dedicated her book Old Blanford Church to him.[3] Adams brother George Freeman Bragg was the publisher of the Afro-American Churchman and the Church Advocate.[4]
Career
Adams was noted for her musical talent at a young age, and her musical compositions were circulated widely in Virginia.[5] In addition to being a noted musician, Adams was an accomplished journalist,[6] and she wrote for widely circulated publications such as the A.M.E. Church Review.[7] Amelia Tilghman chose Adams to be her assistant editor at The Musical Messenger, the first African American music journal.[8]
References
- Howe, Sondra Wieland (2013-11-07). Women Music Educators in the United States: A History. Scarecrow Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8108-8848-7.
- Majors, Monroe A. (2015). Accomplished: African-American Women in Victorian America (Abridged, Annotated). BIG BYTE BOOKS.
- Davis, Veronica A. (2005). Inspiring African American Women of Virginia. iUniverse. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-595-34730-8.
- Royster, Jacqueline Jones (2000). Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-8229-7211-2.
- Majors, Monroe Alphus (1893). Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities. Donohue & Henneberry. p. 215.
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- Suggs, Henry Lewis (1983). The Black Press in the South, 1865-1979. Greenwood Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-313-22244-3.
- Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. pp. 404-405.
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- Walker-Hill, Helen (2007). From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music. University of Illinois Press. pp. 22-23. ISBN 978-0-252-07454-7.
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