Born: 27-Feb-1897
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Died: 8-Apr-1993
Location of death: Portland, OR
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Eden Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

Gender: Female
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Singer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Operatic contralto

Father: (d. 1910)

    High School: South Philadelphia High School for Girls (1921)

    Spingarn Medal 1939
    Presidential Medal of Freedom
    Congressional Gold Medal
    Kennedy Center Honor 1978
    National Medal of Arts 1986

Author of books:
My Lord, What a Morning: An Autobiography (1956, autobiography)

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