TITLE

THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY

PUB. DATE

January 2008

SOURCE

Jet;1/28/2008, Vol. 113 Issue 3, p20

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The author reports on historic events which occurred during the fourth week in January. On January 21, 1964 Carl T. Rowan was named director of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). Opera singer Leontyne Price made her debut singing at the Metropolitan Opera on January 27, 1961. The lives of both Rowan and Price are discussed.

ACCESSION #

28609538

Tags: AFRICAN Americans -- History;  ROWAN, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1925-2000;  UNITED States Information Agency;  PRICE, Leontyne;  OPERA singers

 

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