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Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Provides resources to support further examination of the issues discussed at the symposium series, Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, hosted by the U-M School of Music, Theatre and Dance.

Works About and Featuring Selected Black Performers

Adele Addison (voice)
Roberta Alexander (voice)
Betty Allen (voice)
Sanford Allen (violin)
Marian Anderson (voice)
Martina Arroyo (voice)
Tony Baker (trombone)
Kathleen Battle (voice)
Harolyn Blackwell (voice)
Anne Brown (voice)
Lawrence Brownlee (voice)
Grace Bumbry (voice)
Raynor Carroll (percussion)
Valerie Coleman (flute)
Gloria Davy (voice)
Leonard De Paur (conducting)
James DePreist (conducting)
Dean Dixon (conducting)
Mattiwilda Dobbs (voice)
Todd Duncan (voice)
Aaron Dworkin (violin)
Anthony Elliott (cello)
Simon Estes (voice)
Maria Ewing (voice)
Paul Freeman (conducting)
Denyce Graves (voice)
Reri Grist (voice)
Roland Hayes (voice)
Bruce Hubbard (voice)
David Jackson (trombone)
Eva Jessye (conducting)
Sissieretta Jones (voice)
Henry Lewis (conducting)
Dorothy Maynor (voice)
Robert McFerrin (voice)
Anthony McGill (clarinet)
Demarre McGill (flute)
Ronnita Miller (voice)
Michael Morgan (conducting)
Eliesha Nelson (viola)
Jessye Norman (voice)
Kola Owolabi (organ)
Willis Patterson (voice)
Leontyne Price (voice)
Florence Quivar (voice)
Paul Robeson (voice)
Eugene Rogers (conducting)
Don Shirley (piano)
George Shirley (voice)
Calvin Simmons (conducting)
Patricia Terry-Ross (harp)
Davóne Tines (voice)
Louise Toppin (voice)
Shirley Verrett (voice)
William Warfield (voice)
Robert Lee Watt (horn)
Andre Watts (piano)
Willard White (voice)
Camilla Williams (voice)
John McLaughlin Williams (conducting)
Pretty Yende (voice)

Books & Reference Resources

Text and Recorded Collections & Anthologies