African American concert singers before 1950

By Darryl Glenn Nettles

Subjects: Singers, Biography, African americans in the performing arts, African American singers, Singers, united states

Description: "Before the mid-twentieth century, African Americans seeking success as concert singers faced great adversity, yet many persevered and achieved tremendous results. Drawn from articles, reviews, programs, biographical sources, and interviews, this work is a survey of some of the unknown early African American concert singers."--BOOK JACKET.