Tessie Mobley

Tessie Lushanya Mobley was one of the world's most famous and loved operatic sopranos in the 1940s and 1950s. She was known as the "Songbird of the Chickasaws."

Mobley was the first Native American to perform at any of the tradition famed opera houses throughout Europe and the United States.

While performing in Europe, she was presented to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and was asked to sing at the King's coronation.

Mobley was proud of her Chickasaw heritage and shared her culture with those around her everywhere she traveled.