Marian Anderson, contralto, was denied the right to perform at Constitution Hall by the DAR because of her color. Instead, and at the urging of Eleanor Roosevelt ...
So that there is no question in the mind of the listener, I rely principally on images of the LP and LP jacket in order to document the authenticity of historically ...
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February, 2012 is Black History Month. Since this year's theme is "Black Women in American Culture and History", Victrolaman features one of the truly great ...
Marian Anderson singing Burleigh's spiritual Were You There for HMV in 1939. She has said that she was not familiar with spirituals growing up as a child in ...