I mentioned, in passing, Marian Anderson, whose 1939 open-air concert at the memorial helped launch the modern civil rights movement. And it suddenly occurred to me that it had been a long time ...

located at the National Museum of American History Photo by Hugh Talman For her 1939 performance at the Lincoln Memorial, Marian Anderson wore a bright orange jacket, which recently joined the ...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Marian Anderson’s performance of “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939. In honor of the historic moment ...

At home, Marian Anderson's performance at the Lincoln Memorial is what has gotten memorialized. But she encountered intense racism in the U.S. long after that famous concert. She didn't made her ...

For weeks before the Lincoln Memorial concert in 1939 ... in the past and is not what the D.A.R. is today, to show that Marian Anderson is a person we should be celebrating.” ...

Instead, she sang to a crowd of 75,000 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Marian Anderson singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the Easter Sunday Open Air concert in 1939.

While she's best known for her 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance of "America ... CEO of the National Marian Anderson Museum, said. The museum is home to the phone Anderson used to answer the ...

On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument behind her were the words “all men are ...

By Anthony Tommasini The night before Marian Anderson’s 1939 concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, she called Sol Hurok, her manager, to ask if she really had to go through with it.

A new documentary film on black opera singer Marian Anderson reintroduces her to a generation that may not remember the role she played in the country’s civil rights history – and provides an ...

Marian Anderson, the opera singer whose 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance some say help launched the civil rights movement in the U.S., will appear on the redesigned $5 bill. Marian Anderson ...