The lady in question’s real name was Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (born this day in 1869). Adelina Patti was one of the great opera singers of the 19th century. Sissieretta was called “the Black Patti” in the way one might call Paul Robeson “the Black Caruso” or the way Spike Lee used to be called [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:37AM on January 5, 2012