12019-03-12T23:56:34+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282416plainpublished2019-10-04T21:54:35+00:00AnonymousOn December 30, 1916, the Philadelphia Tribune ran an obituary on the front page for Sarah Sedgewick Bowers-Bell, a concert soprano known as the “colored Nightingale.” The Tribune described her as a “member of one of the oldest families in the city,” and her brothers John and Thomas Bowers were also accomplished musicians.168
