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Marian Anderson’s Civil Rights Legacy Shapes Voice of Freedom on PBS

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Judith Trojan

“She can sing from the top of the Washington Monument if she wants to.”–President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Quite remarkably, in 1939, President Rosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt raised their voices in support of singer Marian Anderson, repudiating the Daughters … Continue reading →

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