Happy Birthday 2 Ya “Dorothy Maynor” First African American to Sing at American President’s Inauguration
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Dorothy Maynor, born September 3, 1910, was an international concert soprano, founder of the Harlem School of the Arts, the first African American to sing at an American president’s inauguration (Harry S. Truman’s, on January 20, 1949), the first African-American artist to perform at Constitution Hall, the first woman to conduct at the United Nations, and the first African American to join the board of directors of New York’s Metropolitan Opera. (via blackpast.org)
