Roberta Dodd Crawford
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Roberta Dodd Crawford (5 August 1897 – 14 June 1954) was an African-American lyric soprano and voice instructor who performed throughout the United States and Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. Roberta was born in Bonham, Texas before studying singing in Nashville, Chicago, and Paris. While in Paris, she married Prince Kojo Tovalou Houénou of Dahomey. When Houénou died in a French prison, Roberta was left without access to their marriage funds and returned to Paris where she lived through the Nazi occupation from 1940 until 1944. After the war, she returned to Texas where she died in 1954 in Dallas.
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Roberta Dodd Crawford | |
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Born | (1897-08-05)5 August 1897 Bonham, Texas, U.S. |
Died | 14 June 1954(1954-06-14) (aged 56) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Singer |
Spouse(s) | William B. Crawford Kojo Tovalou Houénou |
Parent(s) | Joe Dodd Emma Dunlap Dodd |
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