Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Marian Anderson

 


May be an image of 3 people and text that says 'A beautiful ending to this story... HISTORY HUSTLE In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution barred Black singer Marian Anderson from performing under a "white performers-only" policy. When Eleanor Roosevelt found out, she resigned from their organization and with President Roosevelt and the A arranged for Anderson to sing the Lincoln Memorial, broadcast nationwide. She sang with "tears in her eyes" as over 75,000 people showed up. up. at'
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