Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Person· Acting
Abbey Lincoln
- Born
- August 6, 1930
- Died
- August 14, 2010
- From
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Anna Marie Wooldridge · Anna Marie · Gaby Lee · Gaby Woolridge
Biography
Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career not only out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards but writing and singing her own material.
