The event by the National Mall and National Monuments celebrates Marian Anderson's iconic concert. This Easter Sunday falls ...

Anderson’s lawyer took to the media, involving the NAACP, which quickly formed a committee in her name. They lobbied for a new location and were made an offer by a predominantly white school, with the ...

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 ...

Marian Anderson first found her voice in the choir ... Nationally, she kept breaking barriers: In 1955, she became the first Black singer to perform in a principal role at the Metropolitan Opera ...

Five years after a burst pipe destroyed much of the late singer Marian Anderson's former Philadelphia home, her home has been restored and reopened. The museum highlights the life of Philadelphia ...

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 ...

Five years ago, a burst pipe soaked much of the late singer Marian Anderson's former Philadelphia home, today a museum ...

"Marian: The Philadelphia Story" explores the late singer's life. Jillian Pirtle, who serves as the CEO of the Marian Anderson Museum & Historical Society, says the exhibition tells Anderson's ...

The National Mall and Memorial Parks is conducting its annual tradition of commemorating Marian ... Anderson’s concert, performed in 1939, was conducted outside the Lincoln Memorial after the ...