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Bailey
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Bailey
1. David. born 1938, English photographer
2. Nathan or Nathaniel. died 1742, English lexicographer: compiler of An Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1721--27)


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It was meant as a showcase for the talents of Pearl Bailey.
Some past winners and honorees include Maya Angelou for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Random House, 1971); Shirley Chisholm for Unbought and Unbossed (Houghton Mifflin, 1970); Pearl Bailey for Duey's Tale (Harcourt, 1975); Ossie Davis for Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass (Viking, 1979); and Sidney Poitier for This Life (Knopf, 1981).
Using her childhood dreams as a launching pad for her musical reveries, Hodges works her way magnificently through the vocal personas of Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald and Nancy Wilson.
 
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