Jillian Pirtle made a promise to keep Marian Anderson's legacy alive through the tiny museum house and she's not letting ...

Marian Anderson’s life was filled with moments where she was told “no” because of her race — but that didn’t stop her.

Marian Anderson, noted contralto ... Afterward, she settled with her husband, Orpheus Fisher, on a farm in Connecticut. She died of congestive heart failure on April 8, 1993.