First black woman to receive international distinction as a professional choral conductor, Eva A. Jessye was an active supporter of the Civil Rights movement. She worked in New York with creative multi-racial teams in groundbreaking productions that experimented with form, music and stories.
O dainty bud, I hold thee in my hand— A castaway, a dead, a lifeless thing. A few days since I saw thee, wet with dew, A bud of promise to thy parent cling, Now thou art crushed yet
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