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When the stars begin to fall (Original Post)
struggle4progress
May 2019
OP
Beautiful song. Never heard it before. Her voice, the sadness and wonder in it
emmaverybo
May 2019
#15
When I think of Marian Anderson, I think of this famous performance - and the story:
Rhiannon12866
May 2019
#16
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)1. Golden Gate Quartet
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(118,295 posts)2. Weavers
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(118,295 posts)3. Kingston Trio
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(118,295 posts)4. Harry Belafonte
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(118,295 posts)5. Seekers
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(118,295 posts)6. Moses Hogan Singers
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(118,295 posts)7. Jessye Norman
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(118,295 posts)8. Paul Robeson
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(118,295 posts)9. Steve Eulberg
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(118,295 posts)10. Blind Boys Of Alabama
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(118,295 posts)11. Jackie Leven
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(118,295 posts)12. Joan Baez
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(118,295 posts)13. New Century Saxophone Quartet
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(118,295 posts)14. Roans Chapel Singers
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)15. Beautiful song. Never heard it before. Her voice, the sadness and wonder in it
Rhiannon12866
(205,552 posts)16. When I think of Marian Anderson, I think of this famous performance - and the story:
Marian Anderson Sings at Lincoln Memorial
Marian Anderson, contralto, was denied the right to perform at Constitution Hall by the DAR because of her color. Instead, and at the urging of Eleanor Roosevelt, Harold Ickes permitted her to perform at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9, 1939.
Denied A Stage, She Sang For A Nation
https://www.npr.org/2014/04/09/298760473/denied-a-stage-she-sang-for-a-nation
Marian Anderson, contralto, was denied the right to perform at Constitution Hall by the DAR because of her color. Instead, and at the urging of Eleanor Roosevelt, Harold Ickes permitted her to perform at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9, 1939.
Denied A Stage, She Sang For A Nation
https://www.npr.org/2014/04/09/298760473/denied-a-stage-she-sang-for-a-nation
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)17. !