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Sergio Mims: New York Times: Overlooked No More: Sissieretta Jones, a Soprano Who Shattered Racial Barriers
[…] ever heard in this city,” and added that she had a “purity of tone, an accuracy of phrasing, and a richness and a power.” Jones later said: “I woke up famous after singing at the Garden and didn’t know it.” She followed in the footsteps of earlier African-American concert singers who upended racial stereotypes, including Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, who began her singing career before the Civil War, Flora Batson and Marie Selika Williams, the first black singer to perform at the White House, in 1878. Jones became one of the most successful, though, amassing a large collection of medals from international admirers that she often wore at concerts, and becoming one of the best-paid African-American performers of her day, according to modern scholars. But she frequently had to endure racism, and all manner of indignities. […]
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