Nora Douglass Holt's Major Accomplishments

Nora Douglas Holt was one of the famous and most inspirational American singers in the reign of early mid of 1990s. She was born on 1885 or according to some sources on 1890 in Kansas City to Gracie Brown Douglas and Calvin Douglas. Calvin Douglas, who was the father of Nora Douglas Holt, was the Church minister as African Methodist Episcopal. In the year 1917, she was graduated and earned a bachelor’s degree in music from the Western University situated at Quandary in Kansas.

Furthermore, in 1918, she also earned a privilege of achieving her Master’s Degree, in the field of music again from Chicago Musical College and thus, by gaining this feat, she became the first African American woman to achieve a Master's degree in the country of United

In addition, she also had a close and powerful association with the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance and the co-founder or co-owner of the National Association of Negro Musicians, during her prolong musical career (Answers.com, 2014).

She also had an association with the Chicago Defender, one of the black newspapers during her times, which hired Douglas at the position of its music critic. She also wrote an article in which she was found advocating in favor of the organization solely for the African American musicians

in that timeframe. From that phase onwards, Douglas started to perform for various music events both local and internationally and in private parties too, over and above her composition work.

Marital

The, She was very briefly married to her fifth husband, named Joseph L. Ray. But her fifth marriage was not so fortunate for her, because her fifth bondage of marriage was ended in a bit hostile and bitter manner in a high profile publicized divorce. After that, for her wealthy socialite, extensive compositions, and attractive performances, Holt traveled courageously, all the way through Asia and Europe. Before she left from United States, Douglas placed and stored her approximately more than 200 musical, orchestral and related piece of works in storage house, but these stuff along with her other possessions, found to be stolen during her tours and travels to other countries. Yet only two of her work and compositions were able to be preserved and retrieved i.e. The Sandman and Negro Dances, as a result of her magazine publication known as Music and