Hard bop pianist Hampton Hawes was born in Los Angeles on this date in 1928. His father was a Presbyterian preacher and his mother was the church's pianist. His interest in piano may have first begun ...

But early in the decade, there had been a problem. Most courses in Los Angeles back then didn't allow blacks, Jews, Italians or other ethnic groups. That changed in 1955, when Maggie Hathaway, a black ...

HAMPTON – Mrs. Sara Hawes, went home to eternal rest after a short illness on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. She began her life on Oct. 8, 1922, born to Francis Jones in Lincolnton County, Ga. She married ...