Baritone opera singer Todd Duncan made history by becoming the first African-American to sing with a major American opera company, and the first to perform…
 According to the AP, Camilla Williams, believed to be the first African-American woman to appear with a major U.S. opera company, has died. She was 92. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/36699
Black Music Month Celebrates Texas Opera Singer Jules Bledsoe Ten Things you should know about Jules Bledsoe (1897-1943) 1. Born in Waco, Texas in 1897, his full name was Julius Lorenzo Cobb Bledsoe. 2. He was the Central Texas Academy’s valedictorian in 1914, and studied medicine at Columbia University in New York City in the […]
