Category Lena Horne
Lena Horne 1917-2010
Pioneering singer, actress and dancer Lena Horne is credited as helping black actresses to gain more acceptance in Hollywood and was an important contributor to the Civil Rights Movement. She was born in Brooklyn in 1917 and at the age of 16 became a dancer at the famous Cotton Club. But her singing was soon gaining attention […]
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