Muriel Smith
... that African-American mezzo-soprano Muriel Smith turned down a part in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, saying "it doesn't do the right thing for my people"?
... that <a class="mw-redirect" href="./African-American" id="mwBvU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African-American">African-American</a> <a href="./Mezzo-soprano" id="mwBvY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mezzo-soprano">mezzo-soprano</a> <b id="mwBvc"><a href="./Muriel_Smith_(singer)" id="mwBvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Muriel Smith (singer)">Muriel Smith</a></b> turned down a part in the <a href="./Porgy_and_Bess_(film)" id="mwBvk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Porgy and Bess (film)">1959 film version</a> of <i id="mwBvo"><a href="./Porgy_and_Bess" id="mwBvs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Porgy and Bess">Porgy and Bess</a></i>, saying "it doesn't do the right thing for my people"?