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Norma Miller is one of the only jazz women buried at Woodlawn Cemetery’s famous Jazz Corner in New York. Along with Frankie Manning, she is the only other original Savoy Ballroom lindy hopper laid to rest among many of the musicians she danced to and worked with. It is important to bring attention to her grave as both a female and a jazz dancer.
By raising funds for an attractive headstone, the Frankie Manning Foundation hopes to educate the world about this amazing woman and the history she was part of. We want to honor her with a monument that will be a companion to Frankie Manning’s headstone, nearby at Woodlawn.
We have started a GoFundMe campaign to raise the rest of the funds.
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So far, the Frankie Manning Foundation has collected donations amounting to approximately half of the total cost of the headstone. This GoFundMe campaign is to raise the other half, $10,000 USD. Your tax deductible donation to this campaign will go directly toward the cost of the headstone.
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Woodlawn Cemetery’s Jazz Corner
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Woodlawn Cemetery is the final resting place for many famous artists. Frankie Manning, and now Norma Miller, are both very much at home with nearby graves of the likes of Duke Ellington, Illinois Jacquet, Miles Davis, Celia Cruz and Lionel Hampton (whose stone, appropriately, bears the inscription, “Flying Home.”)
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Watch this video to learn about the Jazz Greats at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Read Obituary in The New York Times
“Norma Miller, who danced the Lindy Hop on Harlem sidewalks as a child, and as a teenager dazzled crowds on international tours in the 1930s and early ′40s . . .”
Read Obituary in The Washington Post
“Norma Miller, a dancer, comedian and big-band singer whose acrobatic flips, slides, leaps and twists helped popularize the Lindy Hop
dance craze of the 1930s and ’40s, earning her the title “Queen of Swing . . .”
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Please make a donation today to honor Norma Miller with a headstone that marks her rightful place in jazz history.
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