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Robert Honeysucker
Robert E. Honeysucker, Jr. (January 14, 1943 – October 7, 2017) was an American baritone. Biography Robert E. Honeysucker, Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee. His father, Robert E. Honeysucker, was a preacher. He was one of four children of Robert Sr. and Willa Ann Honeysucker. Honeysucker grew up in the South in the 1960s, becoming an activist for social change at an early age. He joined the youth division of the NAACP and worked to register voters in order to help the election of John F. Kennedy, and befriended activist Medgar Evers. He later earned his bachelor's degree in music education from Tougaloo College and his master's degree from Miami University, Miami University of Ohio. After completing his graduate studies, he returned to Mississippi to teach and conduct a choir at Tougaloo College. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1972 for additional graduate work at Boston University. Performing career Honeysucker was known for his versatility as a performer in Boston's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee, after Nashville. Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeast, the nation's 28th-largest overall, as well as the largest city bordering the Mississippi River. The Memphis metropolitan area includes West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi and the Missouri Bootheel. One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the Southern United States, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods. The first European explorer to visit the area of present-day Memphis was Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1541. The high Chickasaw Bluffs protecting the location from the waters of the Mississipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
