African-American Opera Singers 1940s-1980s

Seven African-American Opera singers inspired by Marian Anderson, with historic photos and recordings. And, credit to Rudolf Bing for his courageous advocacy. This program is a follow-up to my 2021 presentation on African-American concert and opera singers from 1850-1955: See my youtube channel dashboard at    / @theoperaden   for that program. Segment timings: Marian Anderson 0:15 Camilla Williams 2:12 Robert McFerrin 7:27 Leontyne Price 12:18 Rudolf Bing 19:21 George Shirley 21:55 Martina Arroyo 27:42 Grace Bumbry 33:31 Shirley Verrett 40:36 For a list of all of my presentations:    / @theoperaden