United States, 39.76, -98.51961-04-12Ida Cox, a successful blues singer of the 1920s, meets with John Hammond some years after her 1939 performance in his From Spirituals to Swing concert for an integrated audience at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Hammond, a prominent musician and producer, worked throughout the 1930s to integrate the music business.Photograph of blues singer and Georgia native Ida Cox meeting with John Hammond some years after her 1939 performance in his From Spirituals to Swing concert for an integrated audience at Carnegie Hall in New York City. She is seated on a sofa, and he stands next to her. They grasp hands and smile.Hammond, a prominent musician and producer, worked throughout the 1930s to integrate the music business.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ida-cox-1896-1967Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ida-cox-1896-1967Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaSingers--United StatesWomen singers--United StatesAfrican American singersAfrican American women singersBlues musicians--United StatesWomen blues musicians--United StatesComposers--United StatesWomen composers--United StatesAfrican American composersAfrican American women composersMusicians--United StatesAfrican American musiciansWomen musicians--United StatesAfrican American women musiciansSound recording executives and producers--United StatesSofas--United StatesCox, Ida, 1889-1967Hammond, John, 1910-1987Ida Cox and John HammondStillImage