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Singing Down Barriers
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born February 27, 1897 born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania singer diplomat died April 8, 1993
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trained with Giuseppe Boghetti sang at Lewisohn Stadium in New York performed in Carnegie Hall for the first time in 1928 European tour after winning a Julius Rosenwald scholarship by late 1930s, famous on both sides of Atlantic
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in the U. S. she was invited by President Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor to perform at the White House, the first African American ever to receive this honor in 1955, she became the first African- American singer to perform as a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City
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in 1961 she performed the national anthem at President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration in 1963 she was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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in 1963, sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington in 1991, received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement
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in 1939, was refused the opportunity to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. she was told there were no dates available
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in truth, Constitution Hall was owned by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and they had a whites only policy for those who performed in the hall
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when word leaked out, an uproar ensued Eleanor Roosevelt was a leader of this uproar
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Marian Anderson was invited to sing at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday she performed in front of 75,000 people and millions more listened on the radio Eleanor Roosevelt resigned her membership in the DAR
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