National Negro Opera Company

Here at the Cardwell School of Music, this first national Black opera company was founded in 1941 by Mary Cardwell Dawson. Noted for its musical genius, it performed for 21 years in Pittsburgh, Washington, New York, and other cities.

Marker is on Apple Street 0.1 miles west of Stranahan Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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HMDB