THESE APP STORES AND SEARCH NEWS 6 PLUS OR WKMG TO GET STARTED. ALL RIGHT, MATT,
THANK YOU.
>> JULIE: WE CONTINUE TO
CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY
MONTH SHARING STORIES ABOUT
WOMEN BREAKING BARRIERS
LEADING THE WAY FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS. WOMEN HAVE MADE
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN ALL
FIELDS, INCLUDING STILL
POLITICS AND MUSIC AND NEWS 6
INSIDER GUIDE. CRYSTAL MOYER
IS SHARING THE STORY ABOUT A
WOMAN DUBBED QUEEN OF THE
KEYS. OH, YEAH. BY NAT KING
COLE MATTER OF FACT, WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT LITTLE LET
JENKINS WISE OR SHE WAS AN
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED
PIANIST AND VOCALIST. AND
ALTHOUGH YOU MAY NOT KNOW HER
NAME, SHE WAS WELL BEFORE HER
TIME. NOT ONLY IN THE MUSIC
WORLD.
>> CANDACE: BUT IN BUSINESS 2
AT A TIME WHEN BLACK WOMEN
REALLY ACCOMPLISHED WHAT SHE
DID, I SPOKE WITH HER
DAUGHTERS, MICHELLE AND ADRIAN
WHO SAY NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE KNOW
ABOUT LET’S HISTORY. SO
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH IS THE
PERFECT TIME TO SHARE HER
STORY. IT WAS AGAIN.
>> SHE HAD EVER SEEN SHEET
MUSIC OR ANYTHING. SHE JUST
MICHIGAN HERE. LET JENKINS
WEISNER WAS BORN IN 1924. IN
NEW YORK CITY, HER DAUGHTER
SAYING SHE STARTED PLAYING
PIANO AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 3.
>> AT AGE 11, SHE WAS
PERFORMING AT CARNEGIE HALL
KICKING OFF A SUCCESSFUL
MUSICAL CAREER. SHE WAS A
CLASSICAL SHE STUDIED BEST
SCHOOLS AND WHY YOU ME OF
SCHOOL OF MUSIC. SO YOU’LL BE
>> STUDIES AND JULIE ARE
PRINCETON. I COULD GO ON AND
ON PERFORMING WITH LEGENDS
LIKE RAY CHARLES.
>> CAB CALLAWAY IN THE PIANO
MAN HIMSELF. BILLY JOEL. BUT
WE’RE LEFT WITH A LEGEND IN
HER OWN RIGHT, DUBBED QUEEN OF
THE KEYS. SHE TRAVELED THE
WORLD, SHARING HER GIFT, EVEN
PERFORMING WITH THE SPECIAL
SERVICES UNIT OF THE U.S. ARMY
DURING WORLD WAR. 2, ALL THIS
AT THE TIME OF SEGREGATION
HAVE PHYSICALLY.
>> HER ATTRACTIVE AND THAT
TALENT THAT GOD GAVE HER.
THOSE THINGS MADE WHITE PEOPLE
SIT IN THOSE SEATS. I DON’T
CARE THEY WON, BUT SHE DID
SAY, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THEY
ALLOWED US TO PLAY ON THOSE
STAGES, BUT WE STILL HAD TO
COME INTO THE AND WE COULD
SLEEP IN HOTELS WHEN WE
FINISHED PLAYING FOR THE
WEEKEND DETAINED AND THEY HAD
TO GO. QUEST TO TRACK SAYS A
LOOK AT A HOTEL ON THE LEFT
SIDE AND THE LEFT HAS A
SPECIAL CONNECTION TO FLORIDA.
HER DAUGHTER SAYING SHE WAS A
SNOWBIRD OFTEN TRAVELING TO
THE SUNSHINE STATE WHERE SHE
WOULD LATER CALL HOME.
>> SHE HAD THE SARASOTA AND
SHE SAID SOMETHING TO THE
EFFECT THAT SHE GOT ON THE
BUS. AND THE BUS DRIVER TOLD
SHE WASN’T THAT. BACK BY. SO
THAT TREE WOULD HAVE MADE
WHERE SHE WOULD GET AND SHE
ENDED UP GOING BACK TO 7. SO
WE ALWAYS WHAT DO YOU GO BACK
TO YEAH, YOU KNOW IT. SHE SAID
BECAUSE THAT’S PROBLEM. NOT
MINE. AND THAT’S THE TYPE OF
PERSON THAT SHE IN 1945. WILL
LEAD TO HER HUSBAND. BUT
HARRIS WOULD OPEN THE FIRST
BLACK OWNED AND OPERATED
NIGHTCLUB IN CASINO IN NEVADA
NAMED LET’S RHYTHM CLUB,
PROVIDING A VENUE FOR BLACK
ENTERTAINERS TO PERFORM AND
WAS A BOUTIQUE HOTEL. MY THE
LAST FLIGHT FOR THOSE SAW THE
LET WOULD CONTINUE HER CAREER
DIRECTING BROADWAY MUSICALS.
MORE THAN 8 DECADES OF SUCCESS
IN ENTERTAINMENT. SHE PASSED
AWAY IN HER ORLANDO HOME IN
2020 AFTER HER BATTLE WITH
VASCULAR DEMENTIA.
>> HER DAUGHTER SAYING THEY
WANT TO CONTINUE TO SHARE HER
STORY. THAT FEEL FINDING OUT
MORE ABOUT IT? BUT YOUR MOM’S
LEGACY TO THIS DAY, SOME
MCGRATH. THAT’S WHY WE WANT TO
CONTINUE TO PROMOTE IT. YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE THERE’S JUST SO
MUCH LIGHT UP A ROOM. I MEAN,
WHENEVER I MEAN, IT COULD BE
LIKE A MAJOR CONCERT STAGE
LIKE MACON CENTER IN NEW IT
COULD BE SOMEWHERE SHE WAS
GOING TO VOLUNTEER AT THE
SCENE IS CENTER RIGHT DOWN
SOUTH TO BIG GRANITE. YOU
KNOW, RIGHT? WAS A HUMBLE WILL
SIGN IT.
>> CANDACE: IN ADDITION TO
BEING HUMBLE, SHE WAS ALSO A
HUMANITARIAN GIVING BACK TO
THE YOUTH IN CREATING HER OWN
FOUNDATION. THE LET’S
FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS FOCUS
ON MAKING SURE TO CONTRIBUTE
FUNDING FOR MUSIC, EDUCATION
AND BY THE WAY, WAS NOT KING
COLE, AS I MENTIONED CALLING
HER THE QUEEN OF THE KEYS.
>> WOW, I’M BLOWN AWAY. THAT
IS MEDICAL STORY. CRYSTAL.
>> AND WHAT’S REALLY
INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, HER HER
DAUGHTERS SAY THEY’RE STILL
RESEARCHING MORE ABOUT HER.
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW,
HER GRAND KIDS, THE NEW THAT
THEIR GRANDMA KNEW HOW TO
SAYING THAT SHE WAS FAMOUS.
BUT THERE’S SO MUCH MORE AND
THEY CONTINUE TO UNCOVER MORE
FOR HISTORY. AND I THINK
THAT’S REALLY COOL. AND
THEY’RE WILLING TO SHARE THAT
WITH US. THEY DO PLAN START A
DOCU SERIES. THE ACTUALLY
WROTE A BROADWAY PLAY THAT’S
BEEN TRAVELING RIGHT NOW. BUT
THEY DO PLAN TO RELEASE A DOCU
SERIES THROUGH PAY PER VIEW TO
RAISE MONEY FOR HER
FOUNDATION.
>> MAYBE THEY CAN GET ALICIA
KEYS. THE YEAH. AND THE ON TO