Broadway star Etta Moten Barnett became the first Black person to sing at the White House (196 hits)

This Day in Black History: Jan. 31, 1943

Broadway star Etta Moten Barnett became the first Black person to sing at the White House.

Broadway star and film actress Etta Moten Barnett sang at the birthday party for President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Jan. 31, 1943, becoming the first African-American to perform at the White House.

She performed "Remember My Forgotten Man,” which she also sang in the movie Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), although she was not listed in the credits. A conaltro vocalist, she was best known for her starring role in the 1942 revival of Porgy and Bess on Broadway.

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