Marian Anderson first found her voice in the choir ... What was she reading in 1941 as a 44-year-old? Her books list that year included W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction and Anna L.

Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt, 30th Annual Conference, 1939. Courtesy: Library of Congress Anderson was born in 1897 in South Philadelphia. Hard-working and ...