Davis, Carolyn Armenta, 1944-

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1944-

Biography

Carolyn Armenta Davis, a Chicago communications specialist, created, wrote, and produced the radio series, Black Classical Composers and Feminine Footprints.

Black Classical Composers was a year and a half program airing hour long episodes approximately bi-monthly from June 1976 to December 1977 on WEFM Chicago (now WUSN). Each of the thirty episodes focused on one or several Black classical composers and featured a combination of Davis’ research in the form of voiceovers and music by the composers.

Feminine Footprints aired for 13-week starting on March 6, 1978, and consisted of 65 one-minute vignettes dedicated to highlighting outstanding Black women’s achievements. Feminine Footprints was broadcasted to forty radio stations across the United States that were affiliated with the Mutual Black Network. In June 1978, Davis and Feminine Footprints were awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the American Women in Radio and Television, Inc. for the “improvement and enhancements of the image of women.”*

*“Certificate of Commendation, American Women in Radio and Television, Inc.” 1978, Feminine Footprints Collection, Box 1, Folder 7.

Occupations

Places

Gary (Ind.) (Place of Birth)

Languages Used

English

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Black Classical Composers Collection

Collection

Identifier: BCC

Abstract Black Classical Composers was a 30-episode radio program created by Carolyn Armenta Davis of music written between 1771-1975 by Black composers in the United States, Brazil, England, France, and Nigeria, and aired on Chicago’s WEFM (now WUSN) between June 1976 and December 1977. Each one hour episode consists of a combination a voiceover description of the composer's life and music, as well as performing musicians in broadcast. This collection contains...

Dates: 1936-1991

Found in: Music Library / Black Classical Composers Collection

Feminine Footprints Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS206

Abstract Feminine Footprints was a 13-week radio series created by Carolyn Armenta Davis and aired by the Mutual Black Network to forty affiliated stations across the United States starting on March 6, 1978. It consisted of 65 one-minute vignettes dedicated to highlighting outstanding Black women’s achievements. The Feminine Footprints Collection includes content from the series, such as reel-to-reel tape recordings of the program and...

Dates: 1973 - 1978; 1982; 1989; 1994; 2000 - 2003

Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Feminine Footprints Collection