Ma Rainey; Background information; Birth name: Gertrude Pridgett: Born: c. (1886-04-26) April 26, 1886 Columbus, Georgia, U.S. Died: December 22, … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Rainey
A narrative of the Negro, by Leila Amos Pendleton, b. 1860 ... Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/pendleton/pendle.html