Trailblazing singer and entertainer M. Sissieretta Jones, known (to her discomfort and displeasure) as The Black Patti, brought her Troubadours to Wilson’s Lyceum Theatre in March 1911.

Wilson Times, 28 February 1911.

Wilson Times, 3 March 1911.

Wilson Times, 7 March 1911.

Learn about the incomparable M. Sissieretta Jones here.

Poster, “The Black Patti: Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones,” color lithograph, 1899, Prints and Photographs Division, United States Library of Congress.