Heritage Tour – Sissieretta Jones
Clip: Season 2 Episode 51 | 5m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Rhode Island PBS Weekly profiles revered African American soprano Sissieretta Jones.
Rhode Island PBS Weekly profiles Sissieretta Jones, one of the most famous African American sopranos that most people have never heard of. Revered by audiences around the world at the turn of the 19th century and the first African American woman to headline on a main stage at Carnegie Hall, she was shut out of performing at other major venues in the U.S. because of the color of her skin.
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Heritage Tour – Sissieretta Jones
Clip: Season 2 Episode 51 | 5m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Rhode Island PBS Weekly profiles Sissieretta Jones, one of the most famous African American sopranos that most people have never heard of. Revered by audiences around the world at the turn of the 19th century and the first African American woman to headline on a main stage at Carnegie Hall, she was shut out of performing at other major venues in the U.S. because of the color of her skin.
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