| Contents |
Marian Anderson -- Ralph Banks -- Flora Batson Bergen -- Jules Bledsoe -- Edward Boatner -- McHenry Boatwright -- Sarah Sedgwick Bowers -- Thomas J. Bowers -- Carol Brice -- Eugene Brice -- Anita Patti Brown -- Anne Wiggins Brown -- Thelma Waide Brown -- William Brown -- Grace Bumbry -- Rosa Louise Burge -- Harry (Henry) Thacker Burleigh -- Mayme Calloway-Byron -- Minto Cato -- Estelle Pickney Clough -- Inez Clough -- Cleota J. Collins -- Ellabelle Davis -- Harry Delmore -- Lurena Wallace Dethridge -- Todd Duncan -- Simon Estes -- Lillian Evanti -- William Franklin -- George Garner -- John Greene -- Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield -- Barrington Guy -- E. Azalia Hackley -- Frank Goodall Harrison -- Roland Hayes -- Merritt Hedgeman -- Helen Holiday -- Charles Holland -- The Hyers sisters -- Caterina Jarboro -- Thomas Henry Johnson -- Matild Sissieretta Jones -- Juanita King -- Altonell Hines Matthews -- Edward Matthews -- Inez Matthews -- Dorothy Maynor -- Seth McCoy -- Robert McFerrin -- Abbie Mitchell -- Nellie Brown Mitchell -- Margaret Montgomery -- Charlotte Wallace Murray -- Camille Nickerson -- Aubrey Pankey -- Louise Parker -- Willis Patterson -- Desseria Broadley Plato -- Leontyne Price -- Muriel Rahn -- LaJulia Rhea -- William Howard Richardson -- Paul Robeson -- Marie Selika -- George Shirley -- Muriel Smith -- Theodore C. Stone -- Florence Cole Talbert -- Fred Thomas -- Shirley Verrett -- Rachel Walker -- William Caesar Warfield -- Naomi Watson -- Portia White -- Camilla Williams -- Henry (Harry) Williams -- Lawrence Winters -- Sidney Woodward. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes discography (pages 173-177), bibliography (page 179), and index. |
| LCCN | 2003001307 |
| ISBN | 0786414677 (softcover : alk. paper) |
