Activist and opera singer Zelma Watson George was born in 1903

December 8

On December 8, 1903, activist and opera singer Zelma Watson George was born in Texas. 

Zelma Watson George was influential during the 1900s. During her lifetime, George worked as a social worker, dean, opera singer and U.S delegate, cementing her legacy worldwide. 

Zelma Watson George died in 1994. 

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Sources

Brenda Cain, cleveland.com. (2022, February 1). Zelma Watson George, the Cleveland opera singer who had a president’s ear: Black history month untold stories. cleveland. Retrieved December 1, 2022, from https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/02/zelma-watson-george-the-cleveland-opera-singer-who-had-a-presidents-ear-black-history-month-untold-stories.html