#OTD Dr Eileen Southern (Nov 4, 1920 - Oct 13, 2002). Musicologist, researcher, author, educator. Her research focused on Black American musical styles, musicians and composers. She is best known for her 1970 book ‘The Music of Black America’. Holding a PhD from NYU, Dr Southern taught at Prairie View, Southern, Brooklyn College and CUNY before joining the Harvard faculty in 1974. She became the school's 1st tenured Black woman in 1979, and was chair of the department of Afro-American Studies.
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