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.
Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27 ... Roosevelt ultimately intervened and facilitated Anderson's Easter Sunday outdoor concert at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9, 1939—an event ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The Marian Anderson Historical Society ... The opera singer was most famous for her 1939 concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Because she was Black, she was denied ...