Black History Trivia Question 4
Center Point, Texas
Barbara smith
Mozart
Piano
Baptist
University of Texas in Austin
1956
First
1957
Dido and Aeneas
Bachelor in Music
1959
Equity
Conrad
Metropolitan Opera
8 years
1982-1989
Azucena
II Trovatore
Pope John Paul II
Marian Anderson
Eleanor
Franklin
1987
Reagan
75th
Convent Avenue
Wagner Theater Program
Briscoe
2009
You know their music well. Sunshine on a cloudy day, get ready cause here I come, Papa was a rolling stone. When they crossed over to pop music they recorded “Ole Man River” and “The Impossible Dream”.
They paved the way for many a black entertainer, touring the country riding on buses, sleeping in buses, rehearsing in buses because segregation made it impossible to travel with the most basic comforts. The sang to segregated audiences that were cordoned off based on the color of their skin, but the hits kept coming.
Name the group and ALL the members.
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