Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt ... The success she encountered in Europe brought her back to America in 1935 for a public debut at Carnegie Hall in New ...

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27 ... The affair generated great sympathy for Anderson and became a defining moment in America's civil rights movement.

“Writing about Marian ... Anderson’s life and career, her resilient spirit is more fully emerging. “I was interested in her primarily as a civil rights icon and how she changed America ...

The third grant will preserve documentation of Philadelphia's early religious congregations to study how different faiths collaborated during America's founding. Kallberg said studying Marian Anderson ...

Five years after a burst pipe destroyed much of the late singer Marian Anderson's former Philadelphia home, her home has been restored and reopened. The museum highlights the life of Philadelphia ...

Hayes perform Contralto Marian Anderson and tenor Roland W. Hayes, billed as the foremost black singers in America, captivate an audience of about 600 people in the William Penn High School ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The names are out for who is hosting and performing at the 15th annual Marian Anderson Awards. Mo-town founder Berry Gordy will be the honoree at this years show, which will ...