The Metropolitan Opera has a dazzling new coloratura soprano. She is Atlanta-born Mattiwilda Dobbs, 31, pert, appealing to the eye, solacing to the most opera-worn ear. She made her debut as Gilda in ...
Includes discussion of Marion Anderson, Rosa Parks, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, Septima Poinsette Clark ...