National Civil Rights Museum - #OnThisDay in 1951, Black ballerina Janet Collins made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the premier dancer in Aida, making her the first Black ballerina to dance a
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Louisiana Democrats on X: "In 1951, Janet Collins, a ballerina from New Orleans, became the first African American woman to be hired full-time by the Metropolitan Opera of New York. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/jLQrLJttfY" /
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