Bryant , who often faced discrimination .
Was outspoken on issues of racial inequality , became in 1952 the first black entertainer to perform at a Miami Beach hotel , defying threats by the Ku Klux Klan who had burned her in effigy .
Bryant , who often faced discrimination and was outspoken on issues of racial inequality , became in 1952 the first black entertainer to perform at a Miami Beach hotel , defying threats by the Ku Klux Klan who had burned her in effigy .