Black History Month Fact of the Day: Ella Fitzgerald

Essence Magazine:

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While most of the world is still buzzing about last night’s star-studded Grammy Awards, we want to acknowledge the talented songstress who blazed a trail for all the women who took home awards yesterday. Ella Fitzgerald was the first woman to ever win multiple Grammys at the inaugural Grammy Awards in 1958.

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