Institute of African American Affairs and Center for Black Visual Culture Presents: Billie Holiday: An Evening with Lady Day in Photos and Song

Born April 7, 1915, Billie Holiday is considered one of the greatest American jazz singers of all time. Author Grayson Dantzic shares behind-the scenes anecdotes and images from his 18-year journey making his book Jerry Dantzic:Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill. Through the rediscovering of his late father Jerry Dantzic’s unseen photographs of Billie Holiday taken in 1957, the …

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