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Mary Luana Williams (born October 13, 1967) is an American social activist and author who wrote The Lost Daughter: A Memoir about her life. The memoir details being adopted by Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden in her adolescence, as well as growing up as a daughter of Black Panthers before Fonda adopted her.
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Mary Lou Williams, nata Mary Elfrieda Scruggs, è stata una pianista, arrangiatrice e compositrice statunitense di musica jazz. Ha guadagnato un posto di rilievo nella storia del jazz per la sua grande versatilità che le permise negli oltre cinquant'anni di carriera di percorrere fasi musicali stilisticamente diverse, dallo swing al ...
9 apr 2013 · Jane Fonda’s Adopted Daughter, Mary Williams, Shares Her Extraordinary Life Story. Parade. Apr 9, 2013. Mary Williams was born to Black Panther parents during the heart of the Black Power...
7 mag 2013 · Williams sees billionaire former CNN boss Ted Turner, Fonda’s third husband, as her “real father”. On the surface Williams’s story aligns to stereotypical trope: the poor black child from a broken home is rescued by a wealthy white family.
4 apr 2013 · At 14, Mary Williams moved from the poverty-stricken streets of East Oakland, California, to Jane Fonda's hacienda in Santa Monica, California, becoming the adopted daughter many people didn't...
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One of the greatest jazz pianists, composers, and arrangers of all time, Mary Lou Williams was a swing and bebop icon. “The Lady Who Swings the Band” also devoted herself to aiding musicians in need and teaching younger generations about jazz’s rich African American heritage.
