April 9, 1939: Marian Anderson’s Easter Sunday Lincoln Memorial concert


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

One thought on “April 9, 1939: Marian Anderson’s Easter Sunday Lincoln Memorial concert

  1. Pingback: April 9, 1682~ Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River | The Misty Miss Christy

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