A confident kid known then as Edward Ellington, he once told his relatives that one day the world would call him “Duke Ellington, ze grand, ze great, and ze glorious Duke Ellington,” Tye writes.

A previous version of this op-ed incorrectly identified Duke Ellington as the first African American to receive the Medal of Freedom. Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche received the medal in 1963 ...

TYE: He sat in in a sit-in in Baltimore. And the kids who had been staging that sit-in got no response from the press. And when Duke Ellington joined, they got worldwide headlines. But don't trust me.

Born in Washington, D.C., Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington rose to fame at Harlem's Cotton Club in the late 1920s. His career as a musician, composer, and bandleader spanned more than 50 years. Among ...

Student performers from the schools Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) derided as “inmate factories” don't have to dig deep to understand “Animal Farm.” They're living it.

His pictures of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and others, established his reputation, and Ken Burns used many of his images in the 2001 miniseries, Jazz.

At Duke Ellington School of the Arts, creativity thrives. And you never know, you could be sharing the stage or a class with a future Oscar winner.

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A confident kid known then as Edward Ellington, he once told his relatives that one day the world would call him “Duke Ellington, ze grand, ze great, and ze glorious Duke Ellington,” Tye writes.