This year’s ESA Gamma Zeta educational program has featured outstanding women in American history. Keeping in that tradition, member Liz King presented Marian Anderson’s biography. Born in 1897, ...

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 ...

In honor of Black History Month, the Penn Museum and the National Marian Anderson Museum & Historical Society are presenting public programs to honor the life and work of the groundbreaking contralto ...

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, ...

Penn Museum will commemorate civil rights figure and opera singer Marian Anderson throughout Black History Month. Credit: Navraj Singh The Penn Museum will honor 20th-century civil rights figure and ...

DANBURY — The Danbury Museum & Historical Society is celebrating the birthday of Marian Anderson, the legendary African American contralto and civil rights figure. Anderson, who lived much of her life ...

Marian Anderson was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throughout the ...

Marian Anderson looms large in history not only for her achievements in classical music, but also for the strides she made for Black artists in the mid-twentieth century. Since her career took off in ...