Headline

DAR Leaders Tell Their Side of Anderson Story

Sub-Headline
President General Says Discrimination Not Used In Denying Negro Singer Right to Give Concert in Constitution Hall
Publication Date
Wednesday, April 19, 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
Florence Morning News
Location
Florence, South Carolina
Page Section and Number
4
Author/Byline
AP
History Unfolded Contributor
Amy P.
Location of Research
Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.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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