Courtesy the Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling, WV By Rayna Reid ·Updated January 26, 2022
Everett Lee, the first Black conductor of a Broadway production, reportedly passed away near his home in Sweden on January 12.
A decade after he shattered barriers “wav[ing] the baton over a white orchestra” in the 1945 Broadway production of On the Town, Everett Lee gained even more distinction for being one of the first
