Quote of the day
There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.
Lucille Bogan
Born: April 1, 1897
Died: August 10, 1948 (aged 51)
Bio: Lucille Bogan was an American blues singer, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. The music critic Ernest Borneman stated that Bogan was one of "the big three of the blues", along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith.







