Noble Sissle: Trailblazing Lyricist and Broadway Producer

Originally aired 02/15/2025. Nelson's guest on this Black History Month show is Aleta Hodge, author of the biography, "The Robust Life & Times of Noble Sissle." Indianapolis native, Noble Sissle was the lyricist and co-producer of the first hit Broadway musical by and about Black people titled "Shuffle Along" (1921). He was a tenor, orchestra conductor and member of the Army regiment known as the "Harlem Hellfighters" during World War I.