Editing Fletcher Henderson (section)

==Early life, family and education==
[[File:Fletcher Henderson House; Cuthbert, GA (NRHP).JPG|thumb|left|Built by his father in 1888, the [[Fletcher Henderson House]] in [[Cuthbert, Georgia]], where Henderson was born in 1897. The house was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Randolph County, Georgia|National Register of Historic Places]] on June 17, 1982]]
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson was born in [[Cuthbert, Georgia]].<ref name= "LarkinJazz">{{cite encyclopedia|title= Fletcher Henderson| encyclopedia= [[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]| editor= [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]| year= 1992|edition=First|isbn= 0-85112-580-8|page=198/9}}</ref> He was raised in a middle-class [[African-American]] family. His father, Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (1857–1943), was the principal of the nearby Howard Normal Randolph School from 1880 until 1942. [[Fletcher Henderson House|Their home]] is a historic site.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vanishinggeorgia.com/2019/10/06/fletcher-henderson-house-1888-cuthbert/|title= Fletcher Henderson House, 1888, Cuthbert| website=Vanishing Georgia|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|date=October 6, 2019 |access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref> Henderson's mother, a teacher, taught him and his brother [[Horace Henderson|Horace]] to play the piano. He began lessons by age six. His father would occasionally lock Fletcher in his room to practice for hours.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brothers|first=Thomas|title=Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism| publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=2014|isbn= 978-0-393-06582-4|location=New York City|page=126}}</ref> By age 13, Henderson possessed a keen ability to read music and sense pitch.<ref name=":1" /> He pursued the studies with his mother and further engaged himself in lessons on European art.<ref name= ":0">{{cite web | title=Fletcher Henderson, in ''Jazz'' (film by Ken Burns), Selected Artist Biography | url=https://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_henderson_fletcher.htm | website= [[PBS]].org | access-date= February 23, 2016}}</ref>

Although a talented musician, Henderson initially dedicated himself to mathematics and science. At age 18, he moved to [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and changed his name to Fletcher Henderson, giving up James, his grandfather's name.<ref>{{Britannica|261165}}</ref> He attended [[Clark Atlanta University|Atlanta University]]<ref name= "LarkinJazz"/> (where he was a member of the fraternity [[Alpha Phi Alpha]]) and graduated in 1920 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and mathematics.<ref name=":0"/>