He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...
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Meet the Black baseball great who played all over in the Minors of the 19th century
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.
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He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years
Throughout the 19th century, New Orleans was the nation ... country pitched toward the Civil War and the rights of free Black people became more restricted, Bailey said. As tensions rose over ...