Sixty years ago, opera singer Marian Anderson made her long overdue debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera. She was its first African-American... Marian Anderson's Groundbreaking Met Opera Moment It ...

A sold-out recital in March 1940 forever changed the story of downtown Medford’s Holly Theatre. Classical singer and Black civil rights activist Marian Anderson, who was denied performing in the ...

Five years ago, a burst pipe soaked much of the late singer Marian Anderson's former Philadelphia home, today a museum dedicated to her artistic and civil rights legacy. Gowns, sheets of music and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Affectionately known to audiences as “The Lady from Philadelphia” and “The People’s Princess,” the contralto, who died in 1993, is ...

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 ...

As nation continues to cope with the COVID-19 crisis, Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO of the National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society, is doing her best to preserve the joy and spirit of ...

“I am not a dazzler”: How Marian Anderson’s fashion legacy recast the role of opera... Fashion historian Raissa Bretaña explores how Anderson's sartorial choices "ultimately helped shape her persona ...

Marian Anderson was the first African-American soloist to perform with the Metropolitan Opera and paved the way for such future greats as Leontyne Price and Jessye Norman. She had a purity of tone in ...

Nearly 30 years after her death in 1993, renowned opera performer Marian Anderson remains one of the most recognizable names in American music. Anderson spent much of her life challenging prejudices ...

Directed by Rita Coburn, the documentary film “Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands” (2022) chronicles the life and career of opera star and civil rights pioneer Marian Anderson. The first ...