Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt, 30th Annual Conference, 1939. Courtesy: Library of Congress Anderson was born in 1897 in South Philadelphia. Hard-working and ...
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Philadelphia's Marian Anderson gets her due with concert hall namingCenter City's most prominent concert hall will soon be named after the famed civil rights icon and singer Marian Anderson. Why it matters: Philly woefully lacks monuments and prominent namings ...
Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8 ... Because she was Black, however, her initial prospects as a concert singer in this country were sharply limited, and her ...
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Philadelphia Orchestra re-dedicates Verizon Hall in spirit of hometown heroine Marian AndersonThe Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall will be renamed in honor of legendary vocalist Marian Anderson ... for equity and in praise of Anderson — the first Black singer to perform at NYC’s ...
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National Politics(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE – Singer Marian Anderson smiles at the Pierre Hotel in New York, Nov. 28, 1979. (AP Photo ...
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