Bobby Dennis, executive director of the Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture holds a portrait of opera singer and music educator Daisy Cecelia Newman, who was born in the state and had an international performing career that included a nomination for a Tony award, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Natchez, Miss. Newman's portrait will be included in "The Black Butterfly," an exhibition about her life at the museum. (Roscoe Barnes III/The Natchez Democrat via AP)
