The Founder of This Trailblazing Opera Company Put Black Singers at Center Stage
Source: Smithsonian
Members of the National Negro Opera Company pose backstage during a 1941 performance of Aida. Charles "Teenie" Harris / Courtesy of the Carnegie Museum of Art In the mid-20th century, Mary Cardwell Dawson broke barriers for Black musicians and performers as a vocal proponent of musical education and the founder of the National Negro Opera Company (NNOC), one of the first professional organizations of its kind in…
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