Headline

75,000 Persons Hear Miss Marian Anderson

Sub-Headline
Ickes Presides at Outdoor Easter Concert at Lincoln Memorial
Publication Date
Monday, April 10, 1939
Historical Event
Marian Anderson Performs at the Lincoln Memorial
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Racism and Antisemitism in America
Women's Experiences
Article Type
News Article
Newspaper
Lewiston Evening Journal
Location
Lewiston, Maine
Page Section and Number
7
Author/Byline
AP
History Unfolded Contributor
Mary A.
Location of Research
Google Newspaper Archive (https://news.google.com/newspapers)

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Bibliography

Arsenault, Raymond. The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert that Awakened America. Bloomsbury Press, 2009.

Black, Allida. “Championing a Champion: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Marian Anderson ‘Freedom Concert’.”Presidential Studies Quarterly (Fall 1990), 719736.    

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