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Newport News jazz legend to perform on land seized from her family

Newport News jazz legend Queen Esther Marrow to perform at CNU where land was seized from her family in 1960s ....

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Renowned Newport News jazz singer to perform at CNU — on land seized from her family

In 1959, Queen Esther Marrow was 19 and yearning to escape Newport News and the daily reminders that her hometown was in the Jim Crow South. She moved to New York City. She was discovered by Duke Ellington. She trained her voice to soar on grand stages, becoming an international jazz singer. While she was delighting in those adventures up North, the grandmother who’d raised her and her . ....

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