USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Evelyn Preer (née Jarvis; July 26, 1896 – November 17, 1932), was a pioneering American stage and screen actress and jazz and blues singer of the 1910s through the early 1930s. Preer was known within the black community as “The First Lady of the Screen."

Detailed explanation-2: -Evelyn Preer was born on this date in 1896. She was a Black actress and singer. She was born the oldest of three children born to Frank and Blanche Jarvis in Vicksburg, MS. When her father died, she, her siblings and her mother migrated to Chicago where she completed grammar and high school.

Detailed explanation-3: -Evelyn Preer, one of the first African American silent screen actresses to transition into sound Hollywood films, was born on July 21, 1896 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. After her father’s death, Preer and her mother relocated to Chicago, Illinois where she completed high school before pursuing acting.