Lucinda Bragg Adams

Lucinda Bragg Adams
Lucinda Bragg Adams
Born	1870; Old Dominion, Virginia
Died	1932 (aged 61–62)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Composer, writer, editor
Relatives	George Freeman Bragg (brother)

Lucina Bragg Adams (1870 – 1932) was an American composer, writer, and editor from Petersburg, Virginia.

Early life and education

Lucinda Bragg Adams was born in 1870[1] in Old Dominion, near Petersburg, Virginia, the daughter of George and Mary Bragg.[2] She attended the Colored Schools of Petersburg. Adams' family were close friends of John Mercer Langston, the first African-American Congressman, and Adams later dedicated her book Old Blanford Church to him.[3] Adams brother George Freeman Bragg was the publisher of the Afro-American Churchman and the Church Advocate.[4]

Career

Adams was noted for her musical talent at a young age, and her musical compositions were circulated widely in Virginia.[5] In addition to being a noted musician, Adams was an accomplished journalist,[6] and she wrote for widely circulated publications such as the A.M.E. Church Review.[7] Amelia Tilghman chose Adams to be her assistant editor at The Musical Messenger, the first African-American music journal.[8]

References

Howe, Sondra Wieland (2013-11-07). Women Music Educators in the United States: A History. Scarecrow Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8108-8848-7.
Majors, Monroe A. (2015). Accomplished: African-American Women in Victorian America (Abridged, Annotated). BIG BYTE BOOKS.
Davis, Veronica A. (2005). Inspiring African American Women of Virginia. iUniverse. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-595-34730-8.
Royster, Jacqueline Jones (2000). Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-8229-7211-2.
Majors, Monroe Alphus (1893). Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities. Donohue & Henneberry. p. 215. lucinda bragg adams.
Suggs, Henry Lewis (1983). The Black Press in the South, 1865–1979. Greenwood Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-313-22244-3.
Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. pp. 404-405. lucinda bragg adams.
Walker-Hill, Helen (2007). From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music. University of Illinois Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-252-07454-7. lucinda bragg adams.

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[1] Howe, Sondra Wieland (2013-11-07). Women Music Educators in the United States: A History. Scarecrow Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8108-8848-7.

[2] Majors, Monroe A. (2015). Accomplished: African-American Women in Victorian America (Abridged, Annotated). BIG BYTE BOOKS.

[3] Davis, Veronica A. (2005). Inspiring African American Women of Virginia. iUniverse. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-595-34730-8.

[4] Royster, Jacqueline Jones (2000). Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-8229-7211-2.

[5] Majors, Monroe Alphus (1893). Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities. Donohue & Henneberry. p. 215. lucinda bragg adams.

[6] Suggs, Henry Lewis (1983). The Black Press in the South, 1865–1979. Greenwood Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-313-22244-3.

[7] Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. pp. 404-405. lucinda bragg adams.

[8] Walker-Hill, Helen (2007). From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music. University of Illinois Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-252-07454-7. lucinda bragg adams.