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Flowers, Martha
Martha Flowers (1926-2022) was a singer, performer, and the first Black faculty member in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was known for her role as Bess in the production of Porgy and Bess which toured internationally in the 1950s and whose cast also included Maya Angelou, with whom Flowers developed a lifelong friendship. Flowers performed around the world prior to joining the faculty at UNC in 1973 and settling in Chapel Hll, NC, and she remained in that area for the rest of her life.
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| creatorOf | Martha Flowers Papers | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service | |
| referencedIn | Alix Jeffry photographs | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Department of Music of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1937-1983 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service |
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| associatedWith | Jeffry, Alix | person |
| associatedWith | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Music. | corporateBody |
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| Chapel Hill | NC | US |
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| African American women college teachers |
| African American women singers |
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Birth 1926
Death 2022
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