Permissions
  1. Image of Armstrong at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)music.html from Down Beat Jazz http://downbeatjazz.tunes.com/, karynk@tunes.com, August 1999. Email message.
  2. Image of Baker at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)music.html from
  3. Image of Ellington at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)music.html from Down Beat Jazz http://downbeatjazz.tunes.com/, karynk@tunes.com, August 1999. Email message.
  4. Image of Hawkins at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)music.html from Down Beat Jazz http://downbeatjazz.tunes.com/, karynk@tunes.com, August 1999. Email message.
  5. Image of Smith at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)music.html from Down Beat Jazz http://downbeatjazz.tunes.com/, karynk@tunes.com, August 1999. Email message.
  6. Image of Cullen at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)poetry.html from The Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org/, iamos@dti.net, August 1999. Email message.
  7. Image of Hughes at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)poetry.html from The Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org/, iamos@dti.net, August 1999. Email message.
  8. Image of Hurston at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)poetry.html from Zora Neale Hurston Page http://http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~gallaher/hurston/, gallaher@hsc.usc.edu, August 1999. Email message.
  9. Image of McKay at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)poetry.html from http://www.unc.edu/courses/eng81br1/, no email available-no copyright listed, August 1999.
  10. Image of Toomer at /26656/english(/french/spanish)/(/nf)poetry.html from The Jean Toomer Page http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/toomer.htm, no email available-no copyright listed, August 1999.
References
Electronic Sources
  1. Down Beat Jazz, "Louis Armstrong." 1999. (July 1999).
  2. CMG, "Duke Ellington." 1997. http://www.cmgww.com/music/ellington/ (July 1999)
  3. Alexander, Scott, "Coleman 'Hawk' Hawkins." http://www.redhotjazz.com/Hawkins.html (July 1999)
  4. CMG, "Josephine Baker." 1997. http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/bio.html (June 1999)
  5. Down Beat Jazz, "Bessie Smith." 1999. http://downbeatjazz.tunes.com/sections/artists/text/bio.asp?from=fans&id1=5588 (July 1999)