Moms Mabley
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Loretta Mary Aiken
aka Jackie Mabley |
Brevard, North Carolina, USA
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Mar 19 1894 – May 23 1975 age 81
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James
Aiken's father, Henry Aiken, was part white. His mother, Bettie, was
able to read and write in the 1870 census, five years after the
abolition of slavery, which suggests she may have been a free woman of
color. Loretta Mabley's genealogist, D. Richmond, wrote: "She has a very
interesting lineage worth researching."
During the 1920s and 1930s she appeared in androgynous clothing (as she did in the film version of The Emperor Jones with Paul Robeson) and recorded several of her early "lesbian stand-up" routines. excerpt: wikipedia
Moms' was of black, Irish, and Cherokee heritage. ~answers.com
During the 1920s and 1930s she appeared in androgynous clothing (as she did in the film version of The Emperor Jones with Paul Robeson) and recorded several of her early "lesbian stand-up" routines. excerpt: wikipedia
Moms' was of black, Irish, and Cherokee heritage. ~answers.com
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Mercury – MG-20889
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