Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s ...

1952 National Museum of American History Tough Truckin'; Indigo Echoes National Museum of American History Esquire Magazine Award, presented to Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Duke ...

A Boswellian friend of Duke’s who was travelling with him at the time took notes on the ... was scowling over a comic magazine. Sonny Greer, Ellington’s jaunty, jouncy drummer, looked up ...