Sissieretta Jones was first called the “Black Patti” in August 1888, shortly after auditioning in New York City as the lead soprano for the Tennessee Jubilee Singers, a singing company about to leave on a tour of the West Indies and South America. Some have said the...
Photographs of Sissieretta Jones, also known as the “Black Patti,” often show her wearing a chestful of medals pinned to the bodice of her gown. She earned many of these medals during two tours of the West Indies and South America before her career took off in the...
Sissieretta Jones, also known as “The Black Patti,” was a famous African American soprano during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. She was born Matilda Sissieretta Joyner in 1868 in the city of Portsmouth, Virginia. Her parents, who had both been...
