Headline

Anderson to Sing in Capital, Ickes Declares

Sub-Headline
Negro Contralto Banned by DAR to Give Free Easter Concert
Publication Date
Friday, March 31, 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
Daily Worker
Location
New York, New York
Page Section and Number
1
Author/Byline
UP
History Unfolded Contributor
Taylor H.
Location of Research
ProQuest Historical Newspapers (www.proquest.com)

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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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