Adah Jenkins

Adah Jenkins
A young African-American woman, with hair parted center and dressed in an updo.
Adah L. Killion from a 1925 issue of The Crisis
Born
Adah Louise Killion

April 23, 1901
Baltimore
DiedMay 8, 1973
Baltimore
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Musician, educator
Known forCivil rights activist

Adah Louise Killion Jenkins (April 23, 1901 – May 8, 1973) was a civil rights activist, musician, teacher, and a music critic for the Afro-American newspaper.[1]

  1. ^ "Mrs. Adah Jenkins, 72, was AFRO music critic". The Afro-American. May 19, 1973.