29 Mar 2024
Sardou, autoportrait
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Voice of Freedom
Turbulent Times Turned an Artist into a Hero
On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument behind her were the words “all men are created equal.” Barred from performing in Constitution Hall because of her race, Anderson would sing for the American people in the open air. Hailed as a voice that “comes around once in a hundred years” by maestros in Europe and widely celebrated by both white and black audiences at home, her fame hadn’t been enough to spare her from the indignities and outright violence of racism and segregation.
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Marian Anderson Self (archive footage)
Renée Elise Goldsberry Narrator (voice)
Allida M. Black herself
Angela Brown herself
Lucy Caplan herself
Alisha Lola Jones herself
Adriane Lentz-Smith herself
Carol Oja herself
Jillian Patricia Pirtle herself
Sharon Vriend Robinette herself
Kira Thurman herself
Leslie Ureña herself
Denise VanBuren herself
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