
Event time:
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Online ()
Event description:
The Black Russian is the biography of Frederick Bruce Thomas, the remarkable son of former slaves in Mississippi who, against all odds, became a multimillionaire entrepreneur in tsarist Moscow and the “Sultan of Jazz” in Constantinople. Although Thomas was famous during his lifetime (1872-1928), he was forgotten for some eighty years until Vladimir Alexandrov’s biography, which is based on research in archives and libraries in five countries, brought him back to the public memory.
Admission:
Free
Contact:
Yale Alumni Association
Open To:
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