Marian Anderson

When black people could not perform in establishments, you know, such as Marian Anderson and, you know, you name it.

CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2010 2010

When black people could not perform in establishments, you know, such as Marian Anderson and, you know, you name it.

CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2009 2009

When black people could not perform in establishments, you know, such as Marian Anderson and, you know, you name it.

CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2009 2009

He focused on artists such as Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, playing a recording of Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World".

AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09 2009

Popular culture is represented by familiar names like Pete Seeger and Ray Charles ; current opera-world luminaries, such as Joyce DiDonato and Deborah Voigt , are here, as are beloved voices from the past, like Marian Anderson .

Setting the Historical Record, Song by Song Pia Catton 2012

Commenting about the recent bestowal of Presidential Medals of Freedom on renowned singer Marian Anderson and Dr. Ralph Bunche, noted diplomat and first African American winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, columnist Al Duckett offered advice to help Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, who had just delivered his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech the previous August, avoid being overlooked in the future.

Megan Smolenyak: Michelle Obama's Ancestors: The Great Migration Megan Smolenyak 2012

Frost was joined by contralto Marian Anderson, who sang the national anthem.

50 years later, a Kennedy legacy of music and dance Jacqueline Trescott 2011

Marian Anderson, "Plus the hair accessories were ill."

Elayne Boosler: Girl on Girl Review -- SATC2 2010

Marian Anderson, "Plus the hair accessories were ill."

Elayne Boosler: Girl on Girl Review -- SATC2 2010

With a visual tribute to the African American singer Marian Anderson, famously denied permission to sing in Washington in 1939 until Eleanor Roosevelt intervened, the afternoon managed to be both fun and redemptive.

THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010