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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Lincoln Memorial has held some of the most important cultural moments of the last 200 years - like when singer Marian Anderson, denied a stage due to her race, was offered to play at the memorial.

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 ...

Tindley Temple United Methodist Church held a special service Sunday to honor the civil rights pioneer and opera singer. The restored gold cross on the exterior of Tindley Temple United Methodist ...

“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 ...