Florence Mills
Born: Florence Winfrey January 25,1896, Washington D.C.
Died: November 1, 1927 New York City
Vaudeville, Blues, Blues Singer, Jazz, Jazz Singer, Dancer, Cabaret Singer, Comedian
10’s, 20’s
Queen of Happiness, Harlem’s Little Blackbird
The Mills Sisters, The Panama Trio
The Panama Trio w Cora Green and Bricktop 1916-1917 http://www.florencemills.com/
http://www.florencemills.com/dancer.htm
http://www.florencemills.com/singer.htm
Discography:
List of Shows:
http://www.florencemills.com/music_and_shows.htm
Street Swing:
http://www.streetswing.com/histmai2/d2flomills.htm
Videos:
Footage Of Florence Dancing?:
Footage of her Sister Maude:
Duke Ellington’s Black Beauty – Written for Florence:
Art Villa:
http://www.artvilla.com/florence-mills-women-jazz-musicians/
Shelf 3D:
http://shelf3d.com/kUF5pgO8jzU#03 I Am Craving for That Kind of Love (from SHUFFLE ALONG)
Anoomi:
http://www.anoomi.com/index.php?ytq=florence+mills&action=search
W.E.A.L.L.B.E. – Doc about Florence
Brief Doc:
Archive:
New York Public Library:
http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20856#detailed
Archive Grid:
http://184.168.105.185/archivegrid/collection/data/24936610
Books:
Bill Egan, Florence Mills: Harlem Jazz Queen (Scarecrow Press, 2006). ISBN 0-8108-5
http://books.google.com/books/about/Florence_Mills.html?id=n3IRgH2wLcwC
http://www.florencemills.com/book.htm
Blackbird of Broadway:
Baby Flo:
http://www.leeandlow.com/books/438/hc/baby_flo_florence_mills_lights_up_the_stage
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13633240-baby-flo
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-60060-410-2
http://blog.wrappedinfoil.com/2012/08/baby-flo-florence-mills-lights-up-the-stage/
http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2012/12/two-about-florence-baby-flo-harlems.html
Harlem’s Little Blackbird:
http://www.capitolchoices.org/harlems_little_blackbird
http://readinginaction.org/bookcasts/harlem%E2%80%99s-little-blackbird-story-florence-mills
http://wakingbraincells.com/tag/florence-mills/
https://www.literatureplace.com/Books/Harlem’s+Little+Blackbird++The+Story+of+Florence+Mills/
March 2013, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp 7-21:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12111-012-9216-3
Adair, Z. R. (2010). Negotiating spectacle: Florence Mills, Josephine Baker & Adelaide Hall : transnational black women’s expressive culture, 1920-1935.
Florence has sections in:
1931 – Brown America: The Negro A New Race
$ 1971 – Notable American Women
$ 1994 – Black Women in America
$ Notable Black American Women
$ Notable Black American Women III
Florence in Literature:
http://aamr.alexanderstreet.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/search/florence%20mills
http://aamr.alexanderstreet.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/search/florence+mills/page/2
http://aamr.alexanderstreet.com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/search/florence+mills/page/3
135 Journal Articles that mention Florence:
Bios:
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Mills
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Mills_House
All About Jazz:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/florence-mills-harlem-jazz-queen-by-florence-wetzel.php#.U3Uc161dXlM
From Website:
http://www.florencemills.com/biography.htm
Bio:
http://www.biography.com/people/florence-mills-9408946#awesm=~oEmBWezFgNnr4W
African American Registry:
http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/florence-mills-harlems-blackbird
Pan-African News Wire:
http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2007/10/florence-mills-1896-1927-harlem-jazz.html
The Black Renaissance:
http://029c28c.netsolhost.com/blkren/bios/millsf.html
National Park Service Page on Her House:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny24.htm
All Music:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/florence-mills-mn0001009289
Music Brainz:
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/11b0f0b6-c23c-4ecb-b327-2dbe99924e3b
Squidoo:
http://www.squidoo.com/florencemills
Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/RecordResearch80
National Portrait Gallery:
http://www.npg.org.uk/learning/digital/history/abolition-of-slavery/florence-mills.php
http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2008/07/the-forgotten-fame-of-florence-mills.htmlNNDB:
http://www.nndb.com/people/164/000179624/
Answers:
http://www.answers.com/topic/florence-mills
Entertainment Scene 360:
http://www.entertainmentscene360.com/index.php/biographies-florence-mills-31135/
Britannica:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/703763/Florence-Mills
Around the Web:
Chicken Bones:
http://www.nathanielturner.com/florencemills.htm
The Black Past:
Drop Me Off in Harlem:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/harlem/faces/florence_mills.html
Living Libraries and (Dead) Languages:
Fem Central:
http://jenniferlshelton.com/2013/01/25/16682/
Travalanche:
Songbook:
Welcome to Harlem:
http://www.welcometoharlem.com/florence_mills
The Proverbial:
http://theproverbial.org/tag/florence-mills/
Riotsquirrrl:
Big Site of Amazing Facts:
Xazina:
Music and Musings:
Brown Sugar:
http://brownsugar80.blogspot.com/search/label/Florence%20Mills
Princess 8:
http://princes8.myweb.uga.edu/Flo%20Mills.html
Drop Me Off In Harlem:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/harlem/themes/shufflealong.html
The Black Conversation:
http://theblackconversation.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/florence-mills/
Theatre-Dance:
http://theatre-dance.cahss.ualr.edu/waynesweb/African%20American%20Theatre/Florence.htm
Vintage Black Photos:
Filmvz Portal:
http://www.filmvz.com/florence/florence-mills-and-letumulte-noir.htm
WeAllBe:
http://weallbe.blogspot.com/2006/07/21-questions-with-r2c2h2-author-bill.html
Lipstick Alley:
http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php?t=378515
Don’t Stay Up Too Late:
Media Diversified:
Yehoodi:
http://www.yehoodi.com/comment/176080/happy-birthday-florence-mills/
1920 AD:
http://goldenbirdsings.blogspot.com/2008/02/florence-mills.html
Harlem Renaissance:
http://www.candisbomse.com/studentWork/mcDuffleArlette/city/ACT.HTM
American Vaudeville Museum:
http://www.vaudeville.org/profiles_I_P/index_files/Page384.htm
Hollywood as I Live and Work:
http://www.hollywoodliveandwork.com/2008/02/black-entertainment-history-florence.html
Galli Maufry:
http://www.gallimaufry.org/Archives/archive_harlem.html
V & A:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/users/node/8163
Esoterica:
Village Square:
http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/arts/26740-florence-mills-bessie-dudley.html
Ipernity:
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/285591/32049153
Today in African American History:
Movie Treasures:
http://www.movietreasures.com/Jazz_Pop/Jazz_Pop2/jazz_pop2.html
Popsike:
http://www.popsike.com/MEGA-RARE-FLORENCE-MILLS-BLACKBIRDS-PICTURE-MAGAZINE/160199539442.html
Jazz Age Club:
http://www.jazzageclub.com/tag/florence-mills/
1921 NYT Article:
New York Times 23 May 1921:20
1922 Defender Article:
“Florence Mills Show”, The Chicago Defender (National Edition) August 16, 1922: p. 6, col. 81925
1925 Musical Times Article:
Afro American Article:
1926 Defender Article:
“Paris Wild About Florence“, The Chicago Defender July 24, 1926: p. 7, col 6
1927 Time Article:
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,731062,00.html
1926/7 NYT Articles:
RESENTS LONDON RADIO BID: Producer Says Florence Mills Is an Artist, Not a Day Laborer.
Florence Mills Would Be Peter Pan.
BLACKBIRDS’ LOSE DRESSES: Paris Manager Locks Up Costumes of Florence Mills’s Troupe.
WALES AT NEGRO REVUE.: Prince Sees “Blackbirds,” Which Features Florence Mills.
MANY SEE “BLACKBIRDS.”: London Critic, Who Goes to Show, Thinks Life in Dixie Exhausting.
Florence Mills Would Be Peter Pan.
Florence Mills Back From Europe.
FLORENCE MILLS’S ESTATE.: Revue Star, Reputed Wealthy, Left $33,000 in Personal Property.
HONORS FLORENCE MILLS.: Lady Mary Cook Plans London Benefit in Memory of Singer.
BURY COMEDIENNE TODAY. I I: Chorus of 500 to Sing at Funeral of i Mills, Negro Actress. I Florence
NEGRO ACTORS ORGANIZE.: Form Florence Mills Association in Memory of Actress.
FOR MILLS FOUNDATION.: Three Benefits to Be Held for Fund Sponsored by Late Singer.
1960 Pittsburgh Courier Article:
1995 New Amsterdam News Article:
1999 Ebony Article:
2001 Savoy Article:
2005 New York Daily News Article:
2005 Choice Article:
2007 New Amsterdam News Article:
2012 Skanner Article:
2014 Journal of Southern History Article:
2014 New York Media Article:
Tumblr:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/florence-mills
IMBd:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3397722/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
IBDB:
http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=53152
Digital Harlem Blog:
http://digitalharlemblog.wordpress.com/tag/florence-mills/
Find a Grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2673
Songs:
Songs From Blackbirds of 1926: