Lena Horne: Dazzling singer and noted civil rights activistMcCoy, Lezlie B
From Brooklyn, New York, Lena Horne was raised by her mother, an actress, and then by her paternal grandmother, Cora Calhoun Horne, who took Lena to theNAACP, theUrban Leagueand the Ethical Culture Society, all centers in that time of activism. Cora Calhoun Horne sent Lena to the Ethical...