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How Earlier Black Classical Musicians Faced (And Faced Down) American Racism by Artsjournal1

Shirley Verrett: "Maestro Stokowski called. He was embarrassed, but said that it would not be possible for me to sing with the Houston Symphony because the symphony board did not want to use a Negro singer." (Stokie made it up to her later in Philadelphia.) And then there was the time Jessye Norman was invited […]

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42am on July 31, 2020 ☆ ⚑

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