The NANM Presidential Address

Presidential addresses devoted to the current State of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. has served as the principal forum for NANM presidents to share their vision for the organization, inform the national membership of states of affairs within NANM,  and to announce important developments of interest to the general membership.  

This  page, then,  is reserved for the publication of  NANM presidential addresses made at past annual conventions of the organization.  All past presidents are invited to join Dr. Uzee Brown, Jr. by providing their Convention speeches to be included on this site. 

It is our hope to include Convention addresses given by all NANM presidents.   Assistance from any NANM member or others is welcomed.  You may contact the NANM Web manager at the following address or by double clicking on the highlighted e-mail address:

                                    Calvin B. Grimes
                                    Department of Music
                                    Morehouse College
                                    830 Westview Drive S.W.
                                    Atlanta, Georgia
                                    E-mail:   cgrimes@morehouse.edu

                    NANM Presidential Addresses                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

                           1. Henry Grant (1919-1922)            
                            2. Clarence Cameron White (1922-1924)
                            3. R. Nathaniel Dett (1924-1926)
                            4. Carl Diton 1926-1928)
                            5. J. Wesley Jones (1928-1930)
                            6. Lillian Lemon (1930-1933)
                            7. Maude R. George (1933-1935)
                            8. Camille Nickerson (1935-1938)
                            9. Kemper Harreld (1938-1940)
                            10. Mary Cardwell Dawson (1940-1942)
                            11. Clarence H. Wilson (1942-1952)
                            12. Roscoe Polin (1952-1960)
                            13. Kenneth Billups (1960-1965)
                            14. Clarence H. Wilson (1965-1968)
                            15. Theodore Charles Stone (1968-1975)
                            16. Brazeal Dennard (1975-1980)
                            17. Betty Jackson King (1980-1985)
                            18. William Warfield  (1985-1990)
                            19. Willis Patterson (1990-1996)
                            20. Uzee Brown, Jr. (current)