Ruby Pearl Elzy was a pioneer American operatic soprano singer from the hills of northeastern Mississippi. She became a big name star vis the radio, Broadway, and movies in the 1930s. Elzy was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, on February 20, 1908, and grew up during the Jim Crow era when times were extremely difficult for African Americans. […]

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