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=To Do=

(ref: https://www.newspapers.com/image/639774221/?terms=%22Leticia%20Jay%22%20&match=1)
 * Shepherd N. Edmonds, songwriter, bridge to the blues, loc 264 Abbott
 * Sidney Perrin, sonwriter loc 265 Abbott, sold his hit for $5.
 * Add more about his acting skills from Black critics to Ernest Hogan. leading role in Clorindy. "largest salary to any black man ever given." obessive work ethic, filed civil rights suit against Steamship company, escaped lynch mob while onstage, "fashionably dressed, twirling a cane." Organized Memphis Students company, "Rufus Rastas", fight with white mgrs over name.  broke ground by incorporating love scenes in his productions. predicted time when Black acts would 'play more serious lines', said coon songs opened door for black performers. put energy into idea of 'air ship', performances in air. Wrote book and assisted in music for play Oyster Man,(abbott) Sources: Colored American magazine (link from Aida Overton Walker wiki), Abbott. loc 600
 * Muriel Ringold,comedienne, Abott loc 748
 * Alexander Tolliver, used blues and jazz in his Smart Set 1914, Abbott 1685
 * fix Abbott page numbers for references in Black Vaudeeville
 * Leticia Jay, Eastern and tap dance performer/mentor, created dance notation system.