Florence Mills. Image ID: 5105186 In 1916, five years before her big break in Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical Shuffle Along, Florence Mills performed in Chicago's Panama Cafe as part of the Panama Trio. The other members of the trio were Cora Green and Ada "Bricktop" Smith, who would later achieve fame for the Paris nightclubs she performed in and owned. Mills was famed for her birdlike voice, although sadly…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:46PM on February 22, 2016