This facinating exhibition pays tribute to African American music pioneers who contributed to the evolution of American music.

Through August 2005.
Learn more about those who escaped slavery to create free and independent societies. See their growth from emerging communities to established ones with structured governments.

Born in Metropolis, Illinois, Annie Minerva Turnbo Pope Malone (August 9, 1869 – May 10, 1957), was a little known beauty industry pioneer, who by the 1920’s ran a multi-million dollar empire consisting of a global network of Poro Beauty Colleges and product manufacturing.