Dr. Hannah Tericium Robbins

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You're Dead to Me · Lena Horne: racism and resilience in the Golden Age of Hollywood · 20 Feb 2026 podcast

So she flees and she runs off to, I think, Philadelphia.

So not that far.

I mean, yeah.

And she secures an audition with Noble Cecil, who some listeners may remember from his involvement in Shuffle Along and various other Harlem Renaissance activities.

He is now running a major orchestra called the Society Orchestra, and he signs her as a new attraction and she becomes this star figure.

But she draws particular attention for being one of few women allowed to lead or what we would now call conduct the orchestra.

Oh, yeah.

But truth be told, she claims that she just waved a stick and the orchestra actually followed one of the other musicians.

And I guess during this time, she releases her first records with Decca.

So she's transitioning from the stage environment to a sort of bigger portfolio of work.

But...

Here they come again.

She was under considerable pressure because her stepfather, Mike, and her mother travelled with the band.

And she was constantly on edge, expecting that Mike was going to lose his cool and cause a problem.

And actually, he does yell at Noble Sissel for letting the musicians use the kitchen exit in a segregated hotel and not respecting his players.

And eventually Mike is kicked off the tour.

Yeah, in 1937, she runs away to Pittsburgh this time.

And she marries this guy, Louis Jordan Jones, or Louis Jordan Jones, I think it is actually.

And he is from a similar middle class black background.

He's the son of a minister.

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