By Eileen Travers Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, performed at the United Nations ...

She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first African American artist ...

A distinguished alto, Ms. Andersen was a major presence on the diplomatic scene, including the 1950 commemoration held at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House for the second anniversary of the landmark ...

To celebrate Black History Month, the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District invites the community to a diverse lineup of ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King ...

The new season, announced Friday, celebrates the orchestra’s 125th, and aims to spotlight the ensemble’s history as a conduit ...

Marian Anderson, Mahalia Jackson, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, just to name a few. In a piece he wrote for the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival, King had this to say about the role of music in our lives ...

SEYMOUR – Connecticut historian John Cilio will deliver a free, in-person presentation, "Marian Anderson’s Inspiring Journey of Music & Civil ...