Lester Young and Gjon Mili-- and their cats!--BONUS for paid subscribers

Dear paying subscribers, and Founding Members (anyone who contributes more than $50 per year)—you are the people who allow me to devote so much time to this series of essays. So here’s some more fun stuff for you! The first AND second page of the Pres article from Ebony August 1949, with a photo of Pres and his black cat—AND a 1944 photo of photographer Gjon Mili with HIS black cat, in a similar pose to Pres!!