9Apr2016 April 9, 1939: Marian Anderson’s Easter Sunday Lincoln Memorial concert Posted in Miscellaneous by Christy Marian Anderson, contralto, was denied the right to perform at Constitution Hall by the DAR because of her color. Instead, and at the urging of Eleanor Roosevelt, Harold Ickes permitted her to perform at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9, 1939. Denied A Stage, She Sang For A Nation~ https://www.npr.org/2014/04/09/298760473/denied-a-stage-she-sang-for-a-nation Marian Anderson: Musical Icon~ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eleanor-anderson/ Marian Anderson Biography~https://www.biography.com/musician/marian-anderson Share this:FacebookTwitterPinterestLike this:Like Loading...
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