A sold-out recital in March 1940 forever changed the story of downtown Medford’s Holly Theatre. Classical singer and Black civil rights activist Marian Anderson, who was denied performing in the ...

Five years ago, a burst pipe soaked much of the late singer Marian Anderson's former Philadelphia home, today a museum dedicated to her artistic and civil rights legacy. Gowns, sheets of music and ...

Worshippers gathered Sunday at Tindley Temple United Methodist Church to celebrate the legacy of pioneering opera singer and civil rights leader Marian Anderson. Anderson was a lifelong member of the ...

Three years ago, fourth-graders at Chester A. Arthur Elementary School in South Philadelphia researched their school’s namesake. The students learned America’s 21st president had signed the Chinese ...

The Black contralto put European art music and African-American spirituals in parity — and in her art, paved the way for generations of singers... Marian Anderson: The Most Modest Trailblazer ...

Famed opera and spiritual singer Marian Anderson was a woman who broke many racial barriers. She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first ...

Undergraduate and graduate students studying music can apply for the DAR Marian Anderson Legacy Scholarship through Jan. 31, 2026. Sponsored by the National Society Daughters of the American ...

Famed opera and spiritual singer Marian Anderson was a woman who broke many racial barriers. She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first ...

WASHINGTON — Undergraduate and graduate students studying music can apply for the DAR Marian Anderson Legacy Scholarship now through Jan. 31. Sponsored by the National Society Daughters of the ...

The Marian Anderson String Quartet, the first African American ensemble to win a major classical music competition, will be in residence at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from Wednesday, ...

Smithsonian Music interviews Curator Leslie Ureña, of the National Portrait Gallery, about the upcoming exhibition, “One Life: Marian Anderson.” Dr. Leslie Ureña & Kate Stein June 28, 2019 - May 17, ...