This goo was worth a point in August 2024.

publication date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024 (part of August 2024)

category: Music

clue: This lady, and her music, have been devoted to civil rights for African Americans regardless of the varying races of the men in her life.

explanation: Horne's work includes the Broadway show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music and the studio album The Men in My Life. The daughter of two biracial parents, she was married to both a Black man and a white man, and had affairs with famous men of both races. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Samir Mehta


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