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1. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersMarian Anderson biography and timeline | American Masters - PBS

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   Feb 7, 2022 · Marian Anderson is a contralto and international singer that triumphed over racial prejudice and became an inspiration for America’s civil rights movement. Born in 1897, the granddaughter...

2. www.npr.org › 2019/08/27 › 753475676Marian Anderson: The Most Modest Trailblazer : NPR

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   Aug 27, 2019 · Classical singer Marian Anderson was one of the all-time greats — both as an artist, and as a cultural figure who broke down racial barriers. She is best known for performing at the Lincoln...

3. www.npr.org › sections › pictureshowNew Marian Anderson Album Released : The Picture Show : NPR

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   Aug 27, 2021 · The great contralto Marian Anderson was a concert singer. She was live, on stage, singing in the foreground of giants cast in white Georgia marble. Rather than coming to us, those iconic...

4. www.nytimes.com › 2021/11/05 › artsMarian Anderson: A Voice of Authenticity and Justice - The ...

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   Nov 5, 2021 · The contralto Marian Anderson (1897-1993) had a rich career singing concerts, and in 1955 broke the color barrier for soloists at the Metropolitan Opera. Carl Van Vechten Collection/Getty Images....

5. apnews.com › article › marian-anderson-key-events-c267c4b68fKey events in the life of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson

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   Mar 1, 2024 · Singer Marian Anderson is getting new recognition 30 years after her death. The pioneering Black contralto's name will now replace Verizon's on the Philadelphia Orchestra hall, a key cultural institution in the city she was born in in 1897.

6. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersThis Historic Marian Anderson Performance Made Her an ... - PBS

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   May 13, 2020 · Marian Anderson, the legendary African American contralto, sang at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939 after she was refused a performance at Washington’s Constitution Hall by the...

7. www.si.edu › spotlight › marianandersonMarian Anderson: Voice of the Century | Smithsonian Institution

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   Marian Anderson: Voice of the Century. Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) had a voice that came along "once in a hundred years." When one of Anderson's teachers first heard her sing, the magnitude of her talent moved him to tears.