Vintage Voices is an annual program that brings Alton's past to life with historical reenactors telling the stories of Alton's past passed citizens. in this peformance, Jared Hennings portrays Dr. George Samuels.
Dr. George Samuels will share the story of his life as Alton’s first Black physician and of the famous Altonian he helped bring into the world. After serving as a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps during World War I, Samuels returned to Alton and continued his medical practice. On May 26, 1926, he delivered a baby who would become one of the greatest jazz trumpeters in history: Miles Davis. One hundred years later, Dr. Samuels returns to tell the story of Miles Davis’s Alton beginnings.
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