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Whites Said Marian Anderson Couldn’t Sing In Their Hall. So She Sang at the Lincoln Memorial in a Concert for the Ages.

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On Easter Sunday 1939, singer Marian Anderson gave a free concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the opportunity to perform at Constitution Hall.

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