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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 ...
19 sty 2009 · On January 19, 2009, then President-elect Obama joined a huge crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for a national free broadcast concert featuring some of music's biggest stars.
(INTRO) President-elect Barack Obama joined the celebrations of his inauguration Sunday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.The building honors one of Obama...
22 kwi 2023 · Explore the life of singer Marian Anderson and her triumphant 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
Watch the dramatic story unfold in THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND, streaming on YouTube, PBS.org, and the free PBS App → https://youtu.be/S2Hm8jqByvU American Experience | PBS 2K views
9 kwi 2014 · Seventy-five years ago, Marian Anderson made history when she sang to crowd of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial. The Daughters of the American Revolution had denied her the use of Constitution...
6 kwi 2009 · The mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves will lead a tribute concert at the Lincoln Memorial on the twelfth, and the historian Raymond Arsenault has published a book entitled “The Sound of Freedom:...
