On February 7, 2014, I gave a 30-minute lecture about the famous soprano Sissieretta Jones, also known as the “Black Patti.” It was sponsored by the University of South Carolina Libraries and held at the Thomas Coooper Library on the USC Campus. In...
The University of South Carolina Libraries is hosting a program Thursday, February 20, 2014, 5:30 p.m. about the great soprano Sissieretta Jones. Maureen D. Lee, author of Sissieretta Jones, “The Greatest Singer of Her Race,” 1868-1933, will speak about...
On Friday, August 16, 2013, Maureen Lee’s book, Sissieretta Jones: “The Greatest Singer of Her Race,” 1868-1933, will be featured on Walter Edgar’s Journal at noon on ETVRadio in South Carolina. Edgar, South Carolina’s noted historian,...
Join me and Ray Rickman for a guided tour of College Hill sites in Providence, Rhode Island, that are associated with the famous black diva Sissieretta Jones, who made Providence her home. The August 10 “Where Sissieretta Walked” tour will begin at 10 a.m....
Here’s a chance to help restore one of Sissieretta Jones’s performance dresses owned by the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, which hopes to put it on display. The Society is trying to raise $4,400 via a Kickstarter project. Please consider pledging a...
So excited that Sissieretta Jones, also known as the Black Patti, will be one of the 2013 inductees into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. The event takes place Sunday, April 28, 2013, at 2 p.m. in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. What an honor! For more information go to...
