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When Marian Anderson Sang Before Lincoln

Post author By tart.
Post date Thursday, February 17th, 2011
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Marian Anderson was a sensation, fresh from a European tour and booked for 70 solo concert dates in 1938 alone. Securing a venue for an Easter 1939 concert in Washington, DC should have been a formality.

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