The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Etta Moten Barnett

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

OralHistoryResource

The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Etta Moten Barnett

2/4/1993; 12/16/1999

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A1999.005

Singer and community leader Etta Moten Barnett (1901 - 2004 ) performed in Broadway’s legendary productions of "Sugar Hill", "Lysistrata" and as Bess in "Porgy and Bess", her signature role. Barnett was the first African American to sing at the White House and also served as an United States representative on cultural missions to ten African nations. Barnett was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 2/4/1993 and 12/16/1999, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 52m 07s

The HistoryMakers

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11634235

The HistoryMakers

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Barnett, Etta Moten, 1901-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63f7vvf (person)

Singer and community leader Etta Moten Barnett was born on November 5th, 1901, in Weimar, Texas, the only daughter of Reverend Freeman F. Moten and Ida Norman Moten. Before attending the University of Kansas Etta Moten married Lieutenant Curtis Brooks and they had three children. Unhappy in her marriage Moten chose to attended college and divorce her husband, while caring for her children on the weekends.After her graduation from the University of Kansas, Etta Moten set out for New York City and...