Adah Jenkins

Adah Louise Killion Jenkins (April 23, 1901 – May 8, 1973) was a Civil rights activist, musician, and a music critic for the Afro-American newspaper.[1] Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Jenkins attended the Teachers Training College, now Coppin State University.[2] Initially teaching in Baltimore City Public Schools, where she became the first Black supervisor of music, Jenkins became a professor of music at Morgan State University.[1] During the Civil Rights Movement, Jenkins was involved with many activists groups; she helped to organize the Baltimore Interracial Fellowship and she was a charter member of the Baltimore chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality.[1] She was also a key organizer and picketer in the organized protests to integrate Ford's Theater in Baltimore.[3] Jenkins served as music critic for the Afro-American for 23 years until her death at the age of 72 on May 8, 1973.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mrs. Adah Jenkins, 72, was AFRO music critic". The Afro-American. May 19, 1973.
  2. 1 2 "Mrs. Jenkins, music critic, teacher, rites set". The Baltimore Sun. May 12, 1973.
  3. ↑ "Integrating the city's theaters". tribunedigital-baltimoresun. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
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