The Progress of Our People: A Story of Black Representation at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Library Binding - Anne E. Johnson

It's 1893, and Lorraine Williams can't wait to attend the Chicago World's Fair and see her idol, the Black opera singer Sissieretta Jones. But when...

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