She was the first African-American woman to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall, but she didn’t care for her stage name, “the Black Patti,” which compared her to a white diva. Read entire story.
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Overlooked No More: Sissieretta Jones, a Soprano Who Shattered Racial Barriers
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