Background
Southall, Francis Geneva was born on December 5, 1925 in New Orlean. Daughter of William Talbot and Darthney Pauline (Pleasant) Handy.
Southall, Francis Geneva was born on December 5, 1925 in New Orlean. Daughter of William Talbot and Darthney Pauline (Pleasant) Handy.
Bachelor, Dillard University, 1945. Master of Music, American Conservatory, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1966.
Instructor piano Paul Quinn College, Waco, Texas, 1958-1959. Chair piano department Knoxville (Tennessee) College, 1959-1961. Assistant professor piano/music history South Carolina State, Orangeburg, 1962-1964.
Teaching assistant piano University Iowa, Iowa City, 1964-1966. Professor piano/music history Grambline (Louisiana) State University, 1966-1970. Professor Afro-American music University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1970-1992.
Retired
Member board directors Dillard University, New Orleans.
Referee Minnesota Humanities Commission, St. Paul, 1983-1987. Editorial board Black Music Research Journal, 1984-1994. Board trustees Camphor United Methodist Church, St. Paul, since 1995.
Member American Association of University Women (long range planning committee, program committee 1994-1996), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (coordinator music events National Association for the Advancement of Colored People convention 1995), National Association Negro Musicians (chair scholarship competition 1989).
1 child, Patricia Camille Jones.