Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt, 30th Annual Conference, 1939. Courtesy: Library of Congress Anderson was born in 1897 in South Philadelphia. Hard-working and ...

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, disturbed by the blatant disrespect shown to Anderson, invited her to sing at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday 1939 to an amazed and appreciative audience of 75,000.

In another historic first, Eleanor Roosevelt twice invited African American contralto opera singer Marian Anderson to perform at the White House - including for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth ...

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ultimately intervened and facilitated Anderson's Easter Sunday outdoor concert at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9, 1939—an event witnessed by 75,000 and broadcast to a ...

The backside of the bill will feature Martin Luther King Jr., Marian Anderson and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Marian Anderson's Big Moment: A Look Back After being barred from performing at Constitution Hall in 1939 because she was black, opera singer Marian Anderson gave a performance on the steps of the ...

First lady Eleanor Roosevelt appears with opera singer Marian Anderson in Richmond, Va., July 2, 1939, as Anderson is presented with the Spingarn Medal. (AP Photo, File) ...

Eighty years ago Marian Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial after the African-American performer was denied use of the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.

First lady Eleanor Roosevelt had assembled an integrated crowd of 75,000 people—an unprecedented honor for a Black artist—who listened in solemn awe.

She was appearing at the invitation of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to bend its whites-only policy for performers at Constitution Hall.