What city in Nova Scotia overtook the home community of Mildred Dixons' parents?
Mildred Dixon Mildred Dixon (November 21, 1904 –September 18, 2001) was a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem who became a longtime companion of composer and musician Duke Ellington, and manager of his company. She was born in Boston to parents from Africville, Nova Scotia. She became a dancer and moved to New York in the mid-1920s, where she became known as part of the dance couple, "Mildred and Henri."
Vernon Mills, Nova Scotia Vernon Mills, Nova Scotia is a community in the Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.