Today in History - January 7

Today in History - January 7

Famed contralto Marian Anderson made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City on January 7, 1955.  She was the first African American to perform with the company.  Continue reading.

Novelist, folklorist, dramatist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston wrote in her memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road, that she was born on January 7, 1891, in Eatonville, Florida.  Recent scholarship indicates differently.  Continue reading.

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