Abbey Lincoln

Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career not only out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards but writing and singing her own material.

Cast

For Love of Ivy

Ivy Moore

Nothing But a Man

Josie

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

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Mo' Better Blues

Lillian Gilliam

Short Walk to Daylight

Dorella

The Girl Can't Help It

Herself

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

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How It Feels to Be Free

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

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Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln

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