Lena Horne R.I.P. 2010

Lena Horne Dies at 92
“My identity is very clear to me now. I am a black woman. I’m free. I no longer have to be a ‘credit.’ I don’t have to be a symbol to anybody; I don’t have to be a first to anybody. I don’t have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I’d become. I’m me, and I’m like nobody else.”—Lena Horne at the age of 80.
The NY Times has this to say about her. Read it when you get a chance.