Marian Anderson

(noun)

An African-American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. She became an important figure in the struggle for black artists to overcome racial prejudice in the United States when in 1939 she was denied to sing to an integrated audience at the Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. With the aid of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, she performed a critically acclaimed open-air concert on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

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Examples of Marian Anderson in the following topics:

  • Eleanor Roosevelt

    • Her most publicized act of opposition to segregation was when in 1939 she severed her connection with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), after the organization banned Marian Anderson, a black opera singer, from performing at the Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. that DAR owned.
    • With the help of Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, also anti-segregationist, she arranged for Anderson to sing on the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial.

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    • Under the cover of darkness on December 26, six days after South Carolina declared its secession, Major Robert Anderson received orders from the federal government to abandon the indefensible Fort Moultrie and relocate his command to Fort Sumter.
    • Major Anderson, unaware of the Star's approach, declined to fire on the Confederate batteries.
    • Ironically, Major Anderson was a particularly close friend of Beauregard’s and previously served as his artillery instructor at West Point.
    • Beauregard, in turn, had served as Major Anderson's assistant in the Mexican-American War.
    • The shot was ineffective, in part because Major Anderson did not use the guns mounted on the highest tier where the gun detachments would be more exposed to Confederate fire.

  • Changing Roles for Women

    • Mary Anderson, director of the Women's Bureau, U.S.

  • The Election of 1980

    • Anderson, a liberal Republican, received 6.7%).

  • The Lost Generation

    • In addition to Hemingway and Fitzgerald, the movement of writers and artists also loosely includes John Dos Passos, Waldo Peirce, Alan Seeger, John Steinbeck, Sherwood Anderson, Aldous Huxley, Malcolm Crowley, Isadora Duncan, James Joyce, Henry Miller, and T.S.

  • The Financial Crisis

    • Its top executives, Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, received long prison sentences, but their activities were illustrative of a larger trend in the nation’s corporate culture that embroiled reputable companies like JP Morgan Chase and the accounting firm Arthur Anderson.

  • Conclusion: Cultural Change in the Interwar Period

    • In addition to Hemingway and Fitzgerald, this movement of writers and artists also loosely includes John Steinbeck, Sherwood Anderson, Aldous Huxley, James Joyce, Henry Miller, and T.S.