A teary voter tours the People’s House and tries to find perspective in the relics of the “Honest and Wise Men” who came ...

Marian Anderson, noted contralto ... she became the first African American to be invited to perform at the White House and then sang there again when Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were ...

Classical singer and Black civil rights activist Marian Anderson, who was denied performing in the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Constitution Hall in segregated Washington, D.C., a year ...

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) had a voice that came along "once in a hundred years." When one of Anderson's teachers first heard her sing, the ...

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And I was always aware of the possibility, living in the South, that I could irritate certain white people and could ... Tell me about the Marian Anderson concert, its importance, and Mrs ...

Biden and Harris joined a call Saturday with their national security team and were briefed on the the latest developments in the region according to the White House. “We maintain the importance ...

There were 39 recipients of the medals at the event, as the White House combined the 2022 and 2023 ceremonies ... old Martin ...

Marian stayed living in the family home in Chicago until she moved to the White House in 2009. When that day finally came, Robinson moved into the White House "kicking and screaming", according to ...