DANBURY — Highlighted behind the glass of Huntington Hall’s exhibit cases is a collection of costumes worn by local legend Marian Anderson across the decades as part of the Danbury Museum’s new ...

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 ...

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April 9, 1939: Philadelphia native and contralto Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. April 9, 2012: “The Lion King” becomes highest grossing Broadway show, ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Marian Anderson Museum recently reopened its doors after more than four years of rebuilding and renovations and there's a new exhibition to welcome visitors back. "Marian: ...

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Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt, 30th Annual Conference, 1939. Courtesy: Library of Congress Anderson was born in 1897 in South Philadelphia. Hard-working and ...

When mezzo-soprano Ruby Hinds takes the stage Friday at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Communication Arts Theatre, the audience will experience a musical treat and a history lesson. Hinds will ...