Anna Madah Hyers was and African American singer and performed in black musical theater. With her sister, Emma Louise Hyers, Joseph Bradford and Pauline Hopkins, the Hyers Sisters produced the "first full-fledged musical plays in which African Americans themselves comment on the plight of the slaves and the relief of Emancipation without the disguises of minstrel comedy." Their first play was Out of Bondage (also known as Out of the Wilderness), followed by Urlina, the African Princess, The Underground Railway, and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Anna Madah Hyers in a scene identified in some sources as from "Urlina, the African Princess" and in other sources as from "Out of Bondage." Written on back of photo: For further biographical information see Profiles of Negro Womanhood by Sylvia Dannett Volume one. The Hyers sisters traveled throughout the U.S. and other continents as well. Anna Madah Hyers, Soprano shown in a scene from "Out of Bondage" performed in the Bush Street Theatre, San Francisco, Calif, March 24-31, 1879. Credit De(?). Young Museum S.F. Neg. #42294
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African American singers African American actresses Hyers, Anna Madah, 1855-1929
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