Éblouissant destin d'une contralto américaine #MarianANDERSON qui fit germer dans le coeur de l'Amérique la plus belle des fleurs. arte.tv/fr/videos/1156…

"They Wouldn't Let Marian Say Goodbye" April 19, 1965 #History #OTD #1960s #MarianAnderson

1965 4/19 #MarianAnderson ended her 30-year singing career with a concert at #CarnegieHall in New York City.

Tuesday was the 85th anniversary of contralto Marian Anderson’s concert at Lincoln Center. Enjoy receiving news of tribute concerts and events via …nandersonhistoricalsociety.weebly.com. (Photo: WSJ) #mariananderson #philly #philadelphia #usa #ushistory #nj #delaware #concert #music 🎼🕊

Check out this post on Nextdoor: nextdoor.com/p/Jr85PnRkKNDC… ♥️#MarianAnderson

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My mother was a member of the DAR when she was alive and would have been happy to see this post. #mariananderson

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On February 28, 1939, First Lady #EleanorRoosevelt resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution when it barred #MarianAnderson from performing at its Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. archives.gov/historical-doc…… #DAR #USHistory

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On February 28, 1939, First Lady #EleanorRoosevelt resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution when it barred #MarianAnderson from performing at its Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. archives.gov/historical-doc…… #DAR #USHistory https://t.co/B3imOULVCz

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#OTD 1939: African American contralto #MarianAnderson sang to an Easter Sunday crowd of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow her to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. youtube.com/watch?v=mAONYT… #BlackHistory…

Apr 9, 1939 Easter Sunday: Singer #MarianAnderson performed B4 75k ppl at Lincoln Memorial after her concert in Constitution Hall was cancelled by Daughters of the American Revolution b/c she was black! The "Daughters" then apologized & invited her to sing many times at the Hall

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Apr9,1939 Easter Sunday #MarianAnderson performs an open-air concert on steps of the Lincoln Memorial Washington DC before a crowd of >75k and a radio audience of >1M. Anderson will be the 1st person of color to perform at Metropolitan Opera, NYC Jan7,1955

At the same time #America was denouncing the #Nazis in #Germany, & the #Fascists in other countries, it was allowing #MarianAnderson to be treated as less than fully human. #AmeriKKKarma

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At the same time #America was denouncing the #Nazis in #Germany, & the #Fascists in other countries, it was allowing #MarianAnderson to be treated as less than fully human. #AmeriKKKarma https://t.co/I7KQCp06El

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#OTD #April9 #Peace #Love #Art #Activism #nativeamerican Union Gen #ElySamuelParker 1865, #CivilRightsAct 1866. #MarianAnderson #LincolnMemorial 1939, #CORE #JourneyofReconciliation 1947, #BLM Corporal #RomanDucksworthJr murdered #Taylorsville #MS 1962 + + woodstockwhisperer.info/2017/04/09/apr…

My country 'tis of thee Sweet land of liberty To thee we sing. Land where my fathers died Land of the pilgrims' pride From ev'ry mountain side Let freedom ring. . We continue to strive for a world where liberty and justice flourish for all. #MarianAnderson youtube.com/watch?v=PwPqu4…

#08Abr En 1993, fallece #MarianAnderson, contralto muy admirada por #ArturoToscanini, quien proclamó q «una voz así se oye una en un siglo». Abrió el camino a una generación d cantantes negros en Estados Unidos como #ShirleyVerrett, #LeontynePrice, y #JessyeNorman, entre otros.

If you have a purpose. #MarianAnderson #Quotes #SaturdayThoughts #SaturdayMotivation #WeekendWisdom #WomensHistoryMonth

You lose a lot of time hating people. #MarianAnderson #Quotes #SaturdayThoughts #SaturdayMotivation #WeekendWisdom #WomensHistoryMonth

The world we Born in. #MarianAnderson a great American Talent of early 1900s as she was Black of course, refused be society establishments of not feeding her or roomed her. After her great Europe tour it was The Great Albert Einstein who house her. He did 18yrs when performed NY

WOW!! What a woman The Great Marian Anderson was. #TalentOf100Yrs #MarianAnderson #AnAmericanMastersOfTheArts #BlackHistory 🙏🏿