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1913–1972 United States

Margaret Allison Majors (March 3, 1913 – April 26, 1972) was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher. One of the first Black composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States, she is best remembered today for her popular arrangements of African American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes.

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I realized, very young, that I was the link … between Negro composers of the past.

And now, when I sit in the Philharmonic Hall or any of those places, I hear the young Negroes today, … [and] I think, if anything, if I deserve any credit at all, it’s that I have stuck to my own ethnic material and worked to develop it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Margaret Bonds (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.