Lena Horne: A Daughter of the Great Migration
Lena Horne, the legendary singer, actress, and civil rights activist, was born on June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents, Edwin Fletcher Horne and Edna Scottron Horne, both came from prominent African American families and were part of the Great Migration, the movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban … Read more
