Reminiscences of Etta Moten Barnett : oral history, 1985.

Biographical Note

Singer

Scope and Contents

Family background, childhood, education; travel with Jackson Jubilee Singers, marriage, children, divorce; singer in films and on Broadway, especially as Bess in revival of PORGY AND BESS, 1942-1945; travel on vaudeville circuit, touring as concert singer; marriage to Claude A. Barnett, his family background and career; role of Black press in building her career; travels to Africa; civic and volunteer work; relations between United States and Africa, international trends; delegate to International Women's Year (1975) and International Decade of Women (1985) meetings

Subjects

• Africa--Description and travel.
• African Americans--Music.
• African American singers--Interviews.
• Barnett, Etta Moten, 1901-2004.
• Feminists--Interviews.
• Hill, Ruth Edmonds, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• International Women's Year, 1975.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Vaudeville--United States.
• Women's rights.

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