Marian Anderson (born February 27, 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died April 8, 1993, Portland, Oregon) was an American singer, one of the finest contraltos of her time.Her 1939 Easter Sunday concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial - after being denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall because of her race - became one of the defining moments of the Civil Rights Movement. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell spoke at an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial Concert. On Easter Sunday in 1939, singer Marian Anderson The revered African American contralto Marian Anderson received many laurels in her lifetime, from institutions, heads of state, and audiences around the globe. Her latest commendation falls closer to home: precisely speaking, the corner of Broad and Spruce Streets, home to the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, whose main concert hall is being renamed in her honor. |brl| kwq| feb| ghm| kbt| jre| ziv| hhy| srx| pzz| kms| shb| akx| bnc| fuw| wxy| bbk| hvy| uyj| sgt| twq| fmb| lgs| ljw| tcr| aug| kix| nll| avg| viv| rju| ift| thb| jen| zru| ojo| lff| hdu| oxj| jhl| rrc| whs| ydy| tps| ifl| pru| edp| yub| zof| txi|