Headline

Effort To Boycott Anderson Concert In Memphis Fails As 3000 Storm Auditorium And Pay $5000 To Hear Great Contralto

Sub-Headline
Three Years Ago, City Where Many Prominent DAR Members Reside, Said 'No Negro Singer Is Worth $1000' - Latest Triumph Has Daily Critics Raving
Publication Date
Saturday, April 8, 1939
Historical Event
Marian Anderson Performs at the Lincoln Memorial
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Black press
Racism and Antisemitism in America
Women's Experiences
Article Type
News Article
Newspaper
The Pittsburgh Courier
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Page Section and Number
23
Author/Byline
John R. Williams
History Unfolded Contributor
Katie B.
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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