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

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Renovations have been completed to the historic home of opera singer Marian Anderson, who made history and broke racial ...

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

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8 ... intervened and facilitated Anderson's Easter Sunday outdoor concert at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9, 1939—an event ...

Marian Anderson, noted contralto, sings "The Star Spangled Banner" at the dedication of a mural commemorating her free public concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the reopening of the iconic museum on the start of Women’s History Month.

including a 1939 performance at the Lincoln Memorial that drew a crowd of over 75,000 people. In 1946, she became the first Black person to grace the cover of Time Magazine. Jillian Pirtle, CEO of the ...