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   Who was Lena Horne?

   • Lena Horne was a major 20th Century entertainer. Born in Brooklyn, New York into an upper middle class black family on June 30, 1917, Horne battled racial injustice throughout her career. Despite her obstacles she became one of the most well known African American performers of the 20th Century, achieving fame as a singer and actor.

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   Did Lena Horne choose to be racialized based on her Genetic assignment?

   • Lena Horne didn't choose to be racialized based on her genetic assignment, but she was. Remarkably, she ran with it, using it as a source of strength and pride and artistic inspiration. That's worth remembering, too. Related At NPR Music: Lena Horne remembered on All Things Considered.

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   How did Lena Horne become famous?

   • The title song from the latter movie became one of her most successful recordings. The two movie roles, however, established her stardom on the silver screen. By the mid-1940s Lena Horne was the highest paid African American actor in the United States.

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   Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre.

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Both parents had a mixed heritage of African American, European American and Native American descent. Her parents separated when she was three, and because her mother traveled as part of...

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   Lena Horne didn't choose to be racialized based on her genetic assignment, but she was. Remarkably, she ran with it, using it as a source of strength and pride and artistic inspiration.

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   Jan 31, 2016 · But in the late 1950s, Lena Horne still struggled to find property owners in Manhattan who were willing to sell co-ops or condominiums to African-Americans, even very wealthy ones. So how...

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   Feb 13, 2008 · Born in Brooklyn, New York into an upper middle class black family on June 30, 1917, Horne battled racial injustice throughout her career. Despite her obstacles she became one of the most well known African American performers of the 20th Century, achieving fame as a singer and actor.

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   Aug 4, 2009 · Life has never been black and white for Lena Horne. 0:05. 0:45. No entertainer's journey more acutely reflects the shifts and struggles in race relations through the 20th century than that of...

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    May 22, 2010 · In the nineteen forties, Lena Horne was the first African-American in Hollywood to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. Her deal with MGM stated that she would never play the...