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Nadine Roberts Waters

Highly-Acclaimed Concert Soprano who Broke Color Barriers Worldwide

By Thea Tjepkema

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Estella Rowe and Wade Mann

First Local Black Soloists with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

By Thea Tjepkema

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Clinton Gibbs

Pianist, Music Director and Educator

By Maya Drozdz

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The Toadstool Inn

Early jazz club once managed by Daisy Simms Merchant

By Chris Hanlin

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Herbie's Lounge

"The Home of Jazz"

By Drew Gores

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Gravesite of Myron "Tiny" Bradshaw

Rhythm-and-blues bandleader, singer, pianist, and composer

By Chris Hanlin

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Birthplace of Mamie Smith “Queen of the Blues”

Born in Cincinnati in 1891, this Black female music legend is known as the "Queen of Blues"

By Thea Tjepkema

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King Records

A place that crossed racial lines to revolutionize Rock and Roll music!

By Maya Drozdz & Andrea Gutmann Fuentes

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