PHILADELPHIA – Key events in the life of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson, whose name replaced Verizon on the Philadelphia Orchestra on Wednesday: Feb. 27, 1897 — Born in Philadelphia. Recommended ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years after the March on Washington, a piece of history lives on at Philadelphia's National Marian Anderson Museum. The ...

History, we know, is always in the making — an aggregate of small actions, reactions and interactions, every flap of every butterfly’s wings. Yet most of the time, we have no idea what will come of ...

The Philadelphia Orchestra's home is being renamed Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the pioneering Black American contralto, a rare case of an artist's name replacing a corporation. The orchestra's ...

The death of a great performing artist, especially at the age of ninety-six, cannot be, in personal terms, of very great musical effect. In the case of the beloved contralto Marian Anderson, who died ...

2 Full Cast Set For MAYBE HAPPY ENDING North American Tour 3 Cast Set For New Version of THE BODYGUARD on North American Tour The Marian Anderson Museum is on the horizon of completing its historic ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The Marian Anderson Historical Society & Museum in Philadelphia will hold its annual winter concert next month. The fundraiser will support efforts to rebuild after the house the ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Born in Philadelphia in 1897, the daughter of poor parents, Marian Anderson was what used to be called a Negro ...

Prologue: October 1964 -- 1: Freedom's child -- 2: Singing in the dark -- 3: Deep rivers -- 4: Heart of a nation -- 5: Sweet land of liberty -- Epilogue: American icon, 1943-93 -- Acknowledgments -- ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- From here on out, the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform at a concert hall that pays tribute to Civil Rights trailblazer and musical icon Marian Anderson. On Saturday, the ...

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