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Lillian Evanti (August 12, 1890 –
December 6, 1967), was an
African American opera singer.
Evanti was the
first African American to
perform with a major...
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librarian at the
Library of
Congress Years active 1871-1922
Spouse Anna
Evans Murray Relatives Mary
Evans Wilson (sister-in-law)
Lillian Evanti (niece)...
- https://www.instagram.com/p/CbL8IoZNxrK/ "Madame
Lillian Evanti sings for her
sorority Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,inc". Smithsonian. "Zeta Phi...
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Victor Dolidze, Soviet-Georgian
composer (d. 1933)
August 12 –
Lillian Evanti,
operatic soprano (d. 1967)
August 15 –
Jacques Ibert,
composer (d. 1962)...
- of the area
included jazz
musician Duke Ellington,
opera singer Lillian Evanti,
surgeon Charles R. Drew, and law
professor Charles Hamilton Houston. In...
- soul, dance/electronica, and pop
singer Billy Eckstine singer Lillian Evanti opera singer Roberta Flack singer Benny Golson jazz
saxophone player Rich...
- but no
black guests. This
policy extended to
famous entertainers.
Lillian Evanti,
Harry Belafonte,
Marian Anderson, and Ella
Fitzgerald were all
denied hotel...
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millionairess Madame CJ Walker,
singers Paul Robeson,
Ethel Waters and
Lillian Evanti; and
composer Harry T. Burleigh. In 1866,
Robert Morris Copeland was hired...
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December 4 – Bert Lahr,
vaudeville performer, 72
December 6 –
Lillian Evanti,
operatic soprano, 77
December 10 (in
plane crash): Otis Redding, soul singer...
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members included Minto Cato,
Carol Brice,
Robert McFerrin, and
Lillian Evanti. NNOC
mounted productions in
Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, and...
