Kitty Clive
Irish comic actress, singer, and writer
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Gladys Knight
As one of Motown’s leading ladies of soul in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gladys Knight was the driving force behind Gladys Knight and the Pips, an all-family music group from Atlanta.
Willie Mae Ford Smith
African-American gospel singer and evangelist
Lila Pauline Robeson
International opera star and the first Cleveland-born artist to sing with the Metropolitan Opera (1912-1922) in New York.
Josephine Forsyth
Cleveland singer, composer, and musical patron.
Minnie Gentry
“The First Lady” of Karamu Theater, this critically acclaimed artist received a Tony nomination in 1972 and the Outstanding Pioneer Award for her contributions to Black theater in 1985.
Rachel Walker Turner
African-American soprano who began her career in Cleveland and later toured the U.S. and Europe singing classical selections as well as songs such as “The Last Rose of Summer” and “Swanee River.”
Dr A Grace Lee Mims
Educator, a musician, and an advocate for African-American culture.
Rosa Lee Carson
Rosa Lee Carson, better known as Moonshine Kate, was one of the first women to record country music during the 1920s and one of the genre’s earliest female comedians.
Zilla Mays
Gospel and R&B singer and popular radio DJ