who made history and broke racial barriers with her music as the first African American to perform on the steps of the ...

Marian Anderson, noted contralto, sings "The Star Spangled Banner" at the dedication of a mural commemorating her free public concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939.

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8 ... intervened and facilitated Anderson's Easter Sunday outdoor concert at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9, 1939—an event ...

"Seeing Marian Anderson's artifacts flooding in 3.5 ... hastily scheduled 1939 concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Because she was Black, she was denied access to Constitution Hall ...

“The history of the DAR will be forever intertwined with one of Marian Anderson’s defining moments which took place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the opportunity to sing at ...

One of D.C.’s most ambitious projects is underway at the Lincoln Memorial ... “You think of Marian Anderson’s concert in 1939 ...