Some were covers for gospel records; one featured Bach arias. And another album cover is titled, "The Adventures of Marian Anderson's Cat Snoopy," and is decked with a photo of the diva holding ...

Smithsonian Music interviews Curator Leslie Ureña, of the National Portrait Gallery, about the upcoming exhibition, “One Life: Marian Anderson.” Dr. Leslie Ureña & Kate Stein June 28 ...

Over the summer, the Sony Classical label released “Marian Anderson ... Said a Mumblin’ Word.” Anderson’s best-known rendition of the song was for an album of spirituals, released in ...

Best known for her concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, opera singer and civil rights pioneer Marian Anderson made history with these five groundbreaking achievements. 1.

The great contralto broke racial barriers with her magnificent voice and quiet dignity. Marian Anderson was born on Feb. 27, 1897, in Philadelphia. She began singing at the Union Baptist Church at ...

She's based in New York City. Sixty years after the March on Washington, a piece of history lives on at Philadelphia's National Marian Anderson Museum. The museum tells the story of Anderson ...

By Javier C. Hernández Marian Anderson, the renowned contralto and civil rights figure who broke racial barriers in the arts and helped pave the way for other Black artists, is being honored in ...