Black History ‘Erryday’: Happy 72nd Birthday Jessye Norman

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By Jati Lindsay 2014

Jessye Mae Norman 9/15/1945 Augusta, GA.

Opera singer, recitalist, and author.

Inspired by Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price.

Undergraduate work at Howard University.

2006 recipient of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jessye Norman School of the Arts is free after school arts program.

Peace, love, joy, gratitude, faith, courage, compassion, and blessings.

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