Lena Horne, Legendary Singer and Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 92
by Jorge Rivas on May 10 2010, 12:21PM
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, the first Black actress to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio (MGM, in 1942) and the first Black actress to be popularly accepted in roles that were as glamorous as any offered to…
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