"If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish."
Marian Anderson
On this day in 1939, Marian Anderson, African-American opera singer, performed at the Lincoln Memorial. She couldn't sing at Constitution Hall because she was not white.
On January 7, 1955, Ms Anderson became the first Black American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. According to Times magazine, here were seven curtain calls.
Modern American Poetry: About Marian Anderson and Her Lincoln Memorial Concert
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