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NORTH PROVIDENCE – Town resident Estelle Barada continues to do what she does best, re-enacting historical figures at Hearthside House in Lincoln, despite a devastating cancer diagnosis.
“Apparently without knowledge — or in willful ignorance — of these critiques, the speakers at the event glorified Dvořák, Gershwin, and Ives, with “Black classical music” added as an apparent afterthought, perhaps an attention-grabbing headline to maximize attendance.”
In the 19th century, critics and audiences thought blacks were incapable of singing as well as their white, European counterparts. Greenfield forced them to reconcile their ears with their racism.