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Wed, 11.12.1941

The National Negro Opera Company is Founded

On this date in 1941, opera singer Mary Cardwell Dawson founded the National Negro Opera Company.

Based in Pittsburgh, the Opera Company remained in the steel city until 1960 and lasted until 1962.

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Poetry Corner

My Daddy has paid the rent and the insurance man is gone and the lights is back on and my uncle Brud has hit for one dollar straight and they is good times good times good... GOOD TIMES by Lucille Clifton.
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