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Emma Azalia Hackley, also known as E. Azalia Hackley and Azalia Smith Hackley (1867–1922), was a concert soprano, newspaper editor, teacher, and political activist. An African American , she promoted racial pride through her support and promotion of music education for African Americans.
Dett toured as a concert pianist and during this period wrote only rudimentary piano compositions. He came under the influence of Emma Azalia Hackley, a soprano singer, who inspired his interest in black American folk music.
As she got into her early teens, Marian began to make as much as four or five dollars for singing, a considerable sum for the early 20th century. At the age of 10, Marian joined the People's Chorus of Philadelphia under the direction of singer Emma Azalia Hackley, where she was often a soloist. [7] [8]
Franklin moved with his family to Denver in 1898 where he purchased the newspaper, The Statesman, owned by Edwin Henry Hackley, husband of Emma Azalia Hackley. [1] He renamed the paper The Denver Star. After his death in 1901, his wife, Clara, and son, Chester, continued to publish the paper. [2]
Emma Azalia Hackley Edwin Henry Hackley , also commonly known as Edwin H. Hackley (1859 – 1940), was the first African-American lawyer admitted to the Colorado Bar Association (1883). Beginning in 1886, he worked as the Denver County Clerk, and then spent almost 14 years as an Abstract Clerk.
It is curated by Barbara Martin at the E. Azalia Hackley Collection. The DEMA documents, collects, preserves, and disseminates information about Detroit's unique, continuing contribution to electronic dance music and promotes understanding of those contributions as originating within Detroit's African-American community.
In honor of Emma's big birthday (Happy Birthday, Emma!), we gathered a few quick facts that you probably didn't know about our favorite starlet. Queen J.K. Rowling herself fought for Emma to play ...
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