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THEY LIVED AT 555

GIL SCOTT-HERON

    THE LEGENDS AT 555

    Five-fifty-five Edgecombe Avenue, 409’s sister building, sits five blocks to the north, on the corner of 160th Street and Edgecombe, which was recently co-named Paul Robeson Boulevard/Count Basie Place to honor just two of the building’s many famous residents: If one wanted to add the names of other notable denizens to this signpost, one would very quickly run out of space, because many African-American achievers in sociology, psychology, medicine, music, sports, and theater lived here. Just as one would run out of space down 

    at 409.

    The building is listed on the National Historic Register as Paul Robeson’s residence and is a national landmark.

    Some of 555’s Previous Residents

    Alexa Birdsong, co-founder, Jazz at Lincoln Center; concert producer
    Bessie Buchannan, first African-American woman member of the New York State Assembly
    Coleman Hawkins, Musician
    Sandy Summers Head, first African-American editor at Harper's Bazaar
    Johnnie Hodges, Musician
    Jack Geiger, MD, founder, Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Tulani Kinard, Vocalist with Sweet Honey in the Rock
    Andy Kirk, Musician
    Canada Lee, actor; activist
    Joe Louis, world heavyweight champion
    Alphonso Mizell and Larry Mizell, music producers
    Rose Morgan, beauty culture entrepreneur
    Snub Mosley, musician
    Eslanda Goode Robeson, scientist; anthropologist; activist

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