Contact Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.
Jack Carter Bradley was born to Earl Russell and Eva Melissa Carter Bradley in Moline, Ill. on March 14, 1919. He was a violinist, conductor, longtime chair of the Texas Southern University Music Department and the first Afican American musician to perform with the Denver Symphony Orchestra (1946-1949). Graduated from Manual High School (1937) and the University of Denver (BA, 1941; MA-Music, 1949). He died in Houston, Tex. on February 29, 2000. Through his mother, Bradley was the great-nephew of noted Denver based female physician, Dr. Justina Ford (1871-1952).
Forms part of: DPL Blair-Caldwell African American Collection.
Repository also has: Justina L. Ford papers (-M1863).
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