Black History Facts for Today by Yenoba.com

January 27
Will Marion Cook, musical composer/conductor and developer of the syncopated ragtime style, was born in Detroit, MI, on this date in 1869.

Leontyne Price, world-renowned opera singer, made her formal debut at the Metropolitan Opera House on this date in 1961. Price played "Lenora" in Verdi's Il Trovatore.

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