Here’s why Black History Month matters | Opinion
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
By Joyce M. Davis
In their day, Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, even the dignified Mahalia Jackson had to go through the back door to mesmerize audiences with their talents; a sign of their inferior status as Blacks in America society.
Today, acclaimed tenor Christyan Seay can walk through any front door of any Opera house anywhere in America, a sign of the progress Black Americans have made in the centuries-long march from slavery toward full equality.
But we ain’t there, yet.
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