Jules Bledsoe

Jules Bledsoe (1897-1943)

Julius Lorenzo Cobb Bledsoe (December 29, 1897 – July 14, 1943)[1][2] was an American baritone, a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance,[3] the first major Black opera singer in the United States, and one of the first Black artists to gain regular employment on Broadway.[4]

  1. ^ Ten Thing you should know about Jules Bledsoe by John Troesser. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  2. ^ "United States Census, 1900". FamilySearch.org. June 4, 1900. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. ^ White, Walter (2007). "The Negro Renaissance (1926)". In Gates, Henry Louis; Jarrett, Gene Andrew (eds.). The New Negro: Readings on Race, Representation, and African American Culture, 1892-1938. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. pp. 231–232. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1j6675s.40. ISBN 978-0-691-12651-7. OCLC 77476415.
  4. ^ Ryan, Terri Jo (February 16, 2013). "Singer's fame 'just keeps rolling along'". Waco Tribune-Herald. pp. 1D. Retrieved July 29, 2024.