We all heard doves cry when this pop icon passed away last year. This is his full legal name.

She was an African-American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist best known for her book "Their Eyes Were Watching God".

This is the city where sisters JoAnn and Susan began the Pryor Family story.

This is how Prince's name was read when he changed it to the "Love Symbol"

This notable author's early work provides a strong, militant African-American perspective, leading one writer to dub her the "Poet of the Black Revolution." One of her more popular works, "Ego-Tripping and Other Poems For Young People", was published in 1973.

Julius Pryor and his wife, Lucille had three children: Julius, Marybelle and Calvin. While Calvin & Julius raised their families in Montgomery, Marybelle and her husband went north and settled in this city to raise their family.

In 1991, Prince showed up to this awards show with his now infamous bottom bearing pants

At the LA PFR Banquet, we heard Jacqueline Trimble read several of her original selections. One year later, this book of her work was published.

This city was the home of CB Pryor and remains home to a vast majority of his lineage.

Featuring the New Power Generation, Prince's 13th studio album, included the tracks "Get off", "Cream", and the title track.

This poet, the first African American to do so, published her book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral in 1773, three years before American independence.

Every two years the Pryor Family gathers on US soil to celebrate life, love and family; but in this year they did this instead.

Once married to the star of Purple Rain, Manuela Testolini is now married to this singer/songwriter.

In a genre known for being traditionally white and male, she broke new ground in science fiction as an African American woman with her best known novel "Kindred".

As the Pryor family has spread across the globe, the internet is becoming an integral tool for staying in touch. This website was launched in 2016 to keep the Pryor Family connected.