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Eva Jessye singing at the University of Michigan. Jessye, a Coffeyville native, was the first chorale director of stage shows such as Porgy and Bess, and of the first black musical motion picture Hallelujah. As founder of the Eva Jessye Choir, she became the female dean of black music in America.
Creator: Kalmbach, Bob
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
Item Number: 210747
Call Number: B Jessye, Eva *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210747
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entertainers
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Literature - Poetry
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Concerts - Concerts and performances
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical groups - Choirs - Church
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical groups - Choirs - Community
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Gospel
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians - Composers
Date - 1960s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - African Americans
People - Notable Kansans - Jessye, Eva
Thematic Time Period - The Sixties and Vietnam, 1961 - 1975
Type of Material - Photographs
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