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The girl barred from the audience ended up with her name on the building
A teenage girl sings for strangers in a velvet-roped room where she is barred from the audience. This is the story of a Broadway legend.
The girl barred from the audience ended up with her name on the building
This episode explores the journey of a performer who started in a segregated club and eventually had a Broadway theater named after her. It asks what it cost to navigate a system designed to make her invisible.
Person: Lena Horne
Club: Cotton Club
Year: 1934
Studio: MGM
Record: 333 Broadway performances
- Lena Horne joined the Cotton Club chorus line at sixteen, a venue where Black…
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