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 ...

This year’s ESA Gamma Zeta educational program has featured outstanding women in American history. Keeping in that tradition, member Liz King presented Marian Anderson’s biography. Born in 1897, ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Key events in the life of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson, whose name replaced Verizon on the Philadelphia Orchestra on Wednesday: Feb. 27, 1897 — Born in Philadelphia. Early ...

On April 9, 1939, the great African-American contralto Marian Anderson (1897-1993) performed to a live audience at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. She had been previously been barred from ...

Program pamphlet of Marian Anderson's performance at Milwaukee Auditorium on March 28, 1944. The voice of Marian Anderson performing at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. was heard on Easter ...

Worshippers gathered Sunday at Tindley Temple United Methodist Church to celebrate the legacy of pioneering opera singer and civil rights leader Marian Anderson. Anderson was a lifelong member of the ...

Feb. 27, 1897 — Born in Philadelphia. Early 1900s — By age of 6, Anderson gained attention for her voice in the African American Union Baptist Church choir in Philadelphia. She also performed with the ...

Tindley Temple United Methodist Church held a special service Sunday to honor the civil rights pioneer and opera singer. The restored gold cross on the exterior of Tindley Temple United Methodist ...

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