Marian Anderson was born February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was one of the finest contraltos of her time.
Her 1939 Easter Sunday concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial—after she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) because of her race—became one of the defining moments of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
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Marian Anderson was born February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was one of the finest contraltos of her time.
Her 1939 Easter Sunday concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial—after she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) because of her race—became one of the defining moments of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
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