A dozen years after her death, her legacy remains meaningful to those Horne inspired not only as an entertainer, but an activist.
"Yeah, a major Civil Rights activist and someone who just refused to accept what people were giving at that time in history and just decided to, you know, be a voice for the African American community, and so we admire that so much," actor Norm Lewis said."What we are saying is that The Great White Way must have some chocolate on it," NYC Mayor Eric Adams said.
Horne was an honorary member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, which sponsored one of her last concert tours in 1980, and members of the historically Black sorority were urged to "come and represent" at Tuesday's festivities.
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