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Jamela Pettiford in a theatrical musical performance celebrating Black Women featuring Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Fannie Lou Hammer, Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelo, Roberta Flack, Mavis Staples, Angela Davis and Cynthia Enrivo

Jamela Pettiford began to sing at the tender age of 4 years old. Raised in the infamous Rondo community- Saint Paul, Minnesota. Born into a historic musical lineage including Oscar Pettiford- jazz Icon. Throughout the years, Jamela Pettiford has been featured in many bands and music groups joining the Big John Dickerson blues band in 2004, inducted into the “Minnesota Blues Society” Hall of Fame in April 2007. In partnership with community-based performing arts organizations, Ms. Pettiford has shared her gifts on the stage in many play productions and with various social justice impactors.