Classical singer and Black civil rights activist Marian Anderson, who was denied performing in the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Constitution Hall in segregated Washington, D.C., a year ...

but Marian Anderson isn’t just any artist. She was born in Philadelphia and, in 1955, she became the first Black singer to appear at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. She first sang at the ...

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson ... When one of Anderson's teachers first heard her sing, the magnitude of her talent moved him to tears. Because she was Black, however, her initial ...

Training and performing, Marian made her European debut at the Paris Opera House in 1935 ... her any type of deference; "Artist Anderson" and "Singer Anderson" frequently being used.

Marian Anderson, the renowned singer and civil rights icon who broke ... She was the first Black singer to perform at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1955. "Knowing Marian, she would be humble ...

From the time Contralto Marian Anderson first realized that she had a remarkable voice, she wanted to sing at the Metropolitan Opera ... “We’ve signed up fine singers before.