For this Sunday edition of Take 5 we honor the rich legacy of Black women in history with a look at the life and artistry of Marian Anderson, who was the first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. Our musical pairing is “My Lord What a Mornin’,” a traditional Negro Spiritual arranged by Harry T. Burleigh.
Learn More
- https://www.npr.org/2014/04/09/298760473/denied-a-stage-she-sang-for-a-nation
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eleanor-anderson/
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-marian-anderson-became-iconic-symbol-equality-180972898/
- https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/a/aa-an/marian-anderson/
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