He would become known as the “Poet Laureate of the Negro Race”[2] and served as Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lawrence, Kansas.
Alice was born while her father was serving as Dean of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia.
[5] In 1899, the year before Alice's birth, Whitman's older sisters Mabel (age 21), Essie (19) and Alberta (14) launched their comedy, dance and vaudeville troupe.
Alice would dance pairs with her sister Alberta, who appeared in male drag as "Bert".
[5] Despite Alice's reputation, she largely remained with the Whitman Sisters, only performing occasionally outside the group as a solo act.
[20] In 1935, Alice performed in the opening night of Hot Chocolates at Connie's Inn in Harlem.
[23][24] After the end of the Whitman Sisters, Alice developed a short lived touring solo act.