Vision and Reality: The Story of "Black Patti" Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones is a trail-blazing biography of a talented, musically-educated African-American pioneer of the concert and theatrical stages during the hostile and malignant post-Civil War era. This historical and deeply personal account will add a unique artist to the major accounts of American art history.
The first complete sociological study of Sissieretts Jones’ life, Vision and Reality expands the lists of artistic personalities and aims to increase public cognizance of their contributions, regardless of color.
