Battling extensive racial prejudice, she broke many barriers, including as the first African American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera. UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld hailed her ...

Here’s a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations: John F Kennedy, 1961: Contralto Marian Anderson sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965: The United ...

Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, once performed in the UN's gilded General Assembly Hall in New York and also represented her country, the United States, as a ...

She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first African American artist to solo with the New York Philharmonic and for over 50 years, she called ...

The Marian Anderson Studio is a practice space that Marian Anderson's husband, Orpheus King Fisher, built for her, and it is the place that she would practice her art when she was living in Danbury.

Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, performed at the United Nations and also represented her country, the United States, as a delegate. Battling extensive racial ...

WASHINGTON – Undergraduate and graduate students studying music can apply for the DAR Marian Anderson Legacy Scholarship through ... Read the Herald Journal on your mobile device just as it appears in ...

Undergraduate and graduate students studying music can apply for the DAR Marian Anderson Legacy Scholarship through January 31, 2025. Sponsored by the National Society Daughters of the American ...