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Abbey Lincoln was a jazz singer, actress, and civil rights activist. In this interview from 2003, part of the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program, she talks about the profound ways that slavery has impacted her African American family and emphasizes the importance of her own freedom—socially, politically, and creatively.

08.02.21 | Smithsonian

She was born Anna Marie Wooldridge, but in the mid-1950s, one of her managers suggested she change it to Abbey Lincoln. “Like Abraham Lincoln,” she recalls him saying. “Since Abraham Lincoln didn’t free the slaves, maybe you can handle it.”

Abbey Lincoln was a jazz singer, not a politician, but in this 2003 interview, part of the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program, she discusses her political awakening and the importance of art and music in her life.

I think of myself as the lioness, the sign I was born under, and the lion will eat you and will get you.

Lincoln grew up in Michigan, the granddaughter of enslaved African Americans. When her grandmother was freed in 1865, the man who enslaved her “s

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Abbey Lincoln

American singer (1930–2010)

Abbey Lincoln
Lincoln in concert, 1966
Birth name	Anna Marie Wooldridge
Also known as	Aminata Moseka
Born	(1930-08-06)August 6, 1930 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 14, 2010(2010-08-14) (aged 80) New York City, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress, civil rights activist
Years active	1956–2007
Labels	Riverside, Verve, Marge

Musical artist

Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010),^[1] known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist and songwriter. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s.^[2]^[3] Lincoln made a career out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards, as well as writing and singing her own material.

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Music

Born on August 6, 1930, in Chicago, but raised in Calvin Center, Cass County, Michigan, Lincoln was one of many singers influenced by Billie Holiday.^[1] Lincoln's 1956 debut album, Abbey Lincoln's Affair... A Story of a Girl in Lo

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Born Anna Marie Wooldridge in Chicago, Illinois on August 6, 1930, and raised on a farm in Calvin Center, Cass County, Michigan, Abbey Lincoln (stage name) was an African-American jazz singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. The tenth out of twelve children, she began her singing career at a young age, performing in school and church choirs. At 19, Lincoln won her first amateur concert.

When she was 22 years old, Lincoln moved to California and then spent a year in Honolulu, Hawaii, as a singer at a nightclub with the stage name Gaby Lee. She moved back to California where she met Bob Russell, lyricist, who became her manager and gave her the stage name Abbey Lincoln.

After living in California for many years, Lincoln moved back to Chicago as her singing career was beginning to take off. She landed a role as a singer in the 1956 film The Girl Can’t Help It. After the film, Lincoln fired her manager and became a recording artist.

Lincoln recorded her first album, Abbey Lincoln’s Affair: A Story of a Girl in Love

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