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Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial......
Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial......
Item # 722515
April 10, 1939
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1939
* Negro Woman Marian Anderson
* African American Contralto - singer
* Famous Lincoln Memorial concert
The top of page 19 has two column headings: "Throng Honors Marian Anderson In Concert at Lincoln Memorial", "Estimated 75,000, Gathered at Monument to Emancipator, Rush Toward Negro Singer at End--Ickes Introduces Her" (see images)
Thirty-four pages, light toning with some margin wear and a few archival mends, one larger piece torn away on the same page as the Anderson report (see image), otherwise good.
AI notes: The April 9, 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert was a pivotal event in American history in which renowned African American contralto Marian Anderson performed before approximately 75,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the opportunity to sing at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution due to her race; organized with the support of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt—who resigned from the DAR in protest—and Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, the open-air Easter Sunday concert transformed an act of racial exclusion into a powerful public affirmation of democratic ideals, as Anderson opened with “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” beneath the statue of Abraham Lincoln, symbolically linking her voice to the nation’s unfinished promise of equality, while millions listened by radio, making the event not only a cultural milestone but also an early and influential moment in the struggle against segregation that helped reshape public attitudes and foreshadow the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Category: The 20th Century
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