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Subject: 0104 - Today in Black History - January 04
1937 - Grace Ann Bumbry is born. She grew up at 1703 Goode Avenue in St.
Louis, Missouri. She will join the Union Memorial Methodist
Church's choir at eleven, and sing at Sumner High School. She
will be a 1954 winner on the "Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts" show.
After her concert debut in London in 1959, Bumbry debuts with the
Paris Opera the next year. In 1961, Richard Wagner's grandson
features her in Bayreuth, Germany's Wagner Festival. The first
person of African descent to sing there, Bumbry will be an
international sensation and win the Wagner Medal. A mezzo-
soprano who also successfully sang the soprano repertoire, Grace
Bumbry will record on four labels and sing in concerts world
wide.
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