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'''Charles Mingus''' (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was a noted [[jazz]] [[bass|bassist]], composer, author, and activist for the cause of [[African American]] freedom.  

'''Charles Mingus''' (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was a noted [[jazz]] [[bass]]ist, composer, author, and activist for the cause of [[African American]] freedom.  

Mingus led his own large and small ensembles, and played with a number of jazz greats including [[Charlie Parker]], [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Bud Powell]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Max Roach]].  

Mingus led his own large and small ensembles, and played with a number of jazz greats including [[Charlie Parker]], [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Bud Powell]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Max Roach]].  

His best-known compositions include "Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat," an elegy for [[Lester Young]], and "Fables of Faubus," a biting attack on [[Arkansas]] [[segregation|segregationist]] governor [[Orval E. Faubus]].

His best-known compositions include "Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat," an elegy for [[Lester Young]], and "Fables of Faubus," a biting attack on [[Arkansas]] [[segregation]]ist governor [[Orval E. Faubus]].

In 1971, Mingus published his memoirs, ''Beneath the Underdog.''

In 1971, Mingus published his memoirs, ''Beneath the Underdog.''