Florence Cole-Talbert was a pioneer black concert and operatic soprano. Florence Cole was born in Detroit in 1890 both of her parents, Sadie Chandler Cole and Thomas A. Cole, were musicians. Sadie was a talented mezzo-soprano who had toured extensively with the 'Fisk Jubilee Singers', while Thomas was an excellent basso. When she was 8 […]

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