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Etta Barnett, Singer, Actress, Civic Activist
Etta Moten and Claude Barnett posed in front of their private African art collection at their home in Chicago, 1960s. Image Credit: Etta Moten Barnett Papers, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature ETTA MOTEN BARNETTNovember 5, 1901–January 2, 2004 Acclaimed singer and actress Etta Moten Barnett was born in Weimar, Texas, in 1901. By the age of ten, she was singing in... Read More