Sandwiched In with Ron Brown - Billie Holiday - A Life of Glory and Tragedy

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration will open on January 2, 2026 @ 9:00am.

Event Details

The Great Migration brought some 6 million African American to the north. Among them was Leonora Fagan who gained fame as Billie Holiday. Harlem at the turn of the 20th century was the African American Mecca for artists, musicians, singers, poets, gangsters, and politicians. Gifted with a unique voice and personality, Billie got deeply involved in all of these separate worlds. From the greatest Jazz clubs of the Harlem Renaissance to stints in New York's most notorious prisons, from weeks in drug induced heaven to performances with the Jazz greats like Count Basie, from a succession of husbands and lovers to Carnegie Hall, Billie left no audience unmoved.

This program is part of the Library's celebration of Black History Month.

(Sponsored by the Friends of the Library)