John Malveaux: FilmPreservation.org: World history and human advancement was made Easter Sunday 1939 when Contralto Marian Anderson sang at Lincoln Memorial

Marian Anderson (1939)
(FilmPreservation.org)

John Malveaux of 

www.MusicUNTOLD.com 

writes:

World history and human advancement was made Easter Sunday 1939 when Contralto Marian Anderson sang at Lincoln Memorial http://www.filmpreservation.org/dvds-and-books/clips/marian-anderson-the-lincoln-memorial-concert-1939

John Malveaux

5. Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial Concert (April 9, 1939)

Listen Magazine

Spring 2015

Ten Great Classical Music Moments In America

By Kyle MacMillan

5. Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial Concert (April 9, 1939)

Marian Anderson performed before seventy-five thousand people at the Lincoln Memorial in what has been called the first-ever public protest concert in America.