NEW YORK — Thousands of mourners were bidding a final farewell to jazz singer and actress Lena Horne in New York City on Friday. She was remembered at her funeral as a shy girl from Brooklyn who broke ...

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Lena Horne, whose signature song was "Stormy Weather," was remembered at her funeral on Friday as a shy girl from Brooklyn who fought racism for decades to emerge as a world-class singer and social ...

A licensed tour guide for many years, in the spring of 2010, I accepted a job to lead a group of middle schoolers from small-town Anniston, Ala., around New York City. This group wanted a tour that ...