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Marian Anderson Sings Outdoors At Lincoln Memorial

Sub-Headline
75,000 Hear, Free, Negro Singer Denied Use of Auditoriums
Publication Date
Monday, April 10, 1939
Historical Event
Marian Anderson Performs at the Lincoln Memorial
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Tags
Racism and Antisemitism in America
Women's Experiences
Article Type
News Article
Newspaper
The Hartford Courant
Location
Hartford, Connecticut
Page Section and Number
1
Author/Byline
AP
History Unfolded Contributor
Gregg M.
Location of Research
Proquest Historical Newspapers: Hartford Courant

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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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