Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson ... When one of Anderson's teachers first heard her sing, the magnitude of her talent moved him to tears. Because she was Black, however, her initial ...
Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt, 30th Annual Conference, 1939. Courtesy: Library of Congress Anderson was born in 1897 in South Philadelphia. Hard-working and ...
The Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall will be renamed in honor of legendary vocalist Marian Anderson ... for equity and in praise of Anderson — the first Black singer to perform at NYC’s ...