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Humorist, recording artist and stage star Will Rogers, blues great Janis Joplin and soprano LeontynePrice were included.
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Many operatic and concert singers have been Negroes, and they include such well-known names as Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, LeontynePrice, and William Warfield.
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After the breakthrough by Marian Anderson and Mattiwilda Dobbs, the next two dominant black singers at the Metropolitan were LeontynePrice and Martina Arroyo.
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A 1952 revival starred LeontynePrice as Bess, Cab Calloway as the drug dealing Sportin' Life, and Maya Angelou in the lesser role of Ruby.
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Also, at a time when the 'Black Lives Matter' movement is spreading around the world we note the stellar performance of legendary soprano LeontynePrice.