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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Camilla Williams, Barrier-Breaking Opera Star, Dies at 92
Camilla Ella Williams (October 18, 1919 – January 29, 2012) was an American operatic soprano, and the first African American to have received a contract with a major American opera company.