In 1957, “Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria” was RCA ... Horne became more active in the civil rights movement in the early 1960s, participating in a meeting with prominent blacks with then ...

Lena Horne, the last of a pantheon of black ... But she found release for this anger in the civil rights wars of the ’60s, she said, working with the National Council of Negro Women, the Delta ...

The 100th anniversary of the birth of singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne is being celebrated by special cabaret performances at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York by Vivian Reed ...

47th Street now displays a glittering marquis with the name of Lena Horne, the late dancer, actress, singer and civil rights activist -- becoming the first Broadway theater to be named after a ...

Lena Horne, the legendary singer, actress, and civil rights activist died Sunday night at the age of 92 in New York City. Horne, born in Brooklyn, got her start by singing in the Cotton Club at ...

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010) was an iconic African-American singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. She was born in Brooklyn to Edwin Fletcher "Teddy" Horne Jr ...

In 1957, “Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria” was RCA ... Horne became more active in the civil rights movement in the early 1960s, participating in a meeting with prominent blacks with then ...

A theater on Broadway has been officially renamed in honor of the late actress and civil rights activist Lena Horne. Horne is the first Black woman to have a theater named in her honor.

The late movie actress, dancer, singer and civil rights activist has her name stamped in lights on Broadway, and it recalls the time of her Broadway triumph from 1981 to 1982 in "Lena Horne ...

The former Mansfield Theatre in New York City now bears Lena Horne's name. (Photo: Dia Dipasupil via Getty Images) As a female actor, singer and civil rights activist of the 20th century ...