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Before Beyonce there was Marian Anderson.
Anderson became an important figure in the struggle for black artists to overcome racial prejudice in the United States during the mid twentieth century. In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) refused permission for Anderson to sing to an integrated audience in Constitution Hall in D.C. Their race-driven refusal placed Anderson into the spotlight of the international community. With the aid of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anderson performed a critically acclaimed open-air concert on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to a crowd of more than 75,000 people and a radio audience in the millions. She continued to break barriers for black artists notably becoming the first black person, American or otherwise, to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Anderson later became an important symbol of grace and beauty during the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Marian Anderson, you were NOT GHETTO.
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Any bit of our history is good info for all of us!….nuff props! to you jam, for the history lesson!
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Love it. very beautiful.
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Let’s see how many comments this one gets.
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Thanx Jam.
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Thanks Jam. African American History is everyone’s history. Big props out to the late President Roosevelt and his first lady. They started the beginnings of integrating the troops which help fuel The Civil Rights Movement.
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THANKS JAM, I LOVE IT, NOR DID I KNOW IT!
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I LOVE IT,THANKS Jam.
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Thanks Jam, I knew nothing of this. & Trin, I thought the same thing.
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THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO SING IN CONSTITUTION HALL SO SHE SANG AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AT THE REQUEST OF THE FIRST LADY AT THE TIME.WHITE FOLKS ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP US DOWN BUT GOD ALWAYS MAKES A WAY
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Make you proud to be brown!
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Love it all – except the ‘before Beyonce’ bit.
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Thats whats up right there!
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Our younger viewerz, most definitely, need tu’ c mo’ of thyz!!!
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Sometimes we forget how much those before us had to go through for us to have what we have. Thanks for the reminder, we need more.
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It’s sad that more people posted about a skittles desire in a females head than history of our people. Even if it’s to say we made it or thank you Pioneer Marian Anderson for paving the way.
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How ironic is this?
http://www.dar.org/natsociety/content.cfm?ID=1269&hd=n
now DAR pays tribute to her, wish they would’ve done it in her lifetime
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Wow, that’s interesting. I had no idea that she had did all of these things.
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