Billie Holiday: Jazz Singer, her 13th book in 11 years; and 2024 is just starting (tagline)
Young, Christopher. “Jackson’s Own Meredith Coleman McGee has done it again.” Feb. 8-14, 2024. TheMississippi Link. 1, 3.
“What a great article!!! Christopher Young wrote my first Black History Month front cover story. Special indeed!!!!!!!! My heart is smiling!!!!!!” Meredith Coleman McGee
Meredith Coleman McGee released Billie Holiday: Jazz Singer, a biography of Lady Dat at a private book release party earlier today Sat. 01.27.2024 to an enthusiastic audience of supporters.
Book excerpt Billie Holiday: Jazz Singer – Chapter Seven Legacy
Billie Holiday’s 1956 autobiography Lady Sings the Blues was made into a firm Lady Sings the Blue in 1972 starring Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams.
March 5, 2020. Time magazine listed 1939: Billie Holiday – 100 Women of the Year.
February 26, 2021, Andra Day portrayed Billie Holiday in the biopic The United States v. Billie Holiday. The film was Directed by Lee Daniels. Andra Day won a Golden Globe for her performance.
March 21, 2021, The Billie Holiday Theatre was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Pres. Joe Biden. Theatre President and CEO Blondel A. Pinnock accepted the medal on behalf of Billie Holiday.
On January 1, 2023, Rolling Stone magazine listed Billie Holiday as #4 on its 200 Greatest Singers of All Time list.