Brooklyn's very own Lena Horne is now the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named after her. On Tuesday, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on West 47th Street was renamed the Lena Horne Theatre. DaveCarlinTV reports.
As CBS2's Dave Carlin reported, Horne was a trailblazer who brought sophistication wherever she went.
Her granddaughter, screenwriter Jenny Lumet, told the crowd outside the theater to follow what was always Horne's message -- be inspired.
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