ON THIS DAY IN 1898, Paul Robeson was born.
ON THIS DAY IN 1939, opera singer Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial after the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) barred her from singing in Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall because she was Black.
ALT 1946 photo of Marian Anderson on the left sitting with Paul Robeson in a tuxedo looking and smiling at something out of shot. This was a dinner party held in her honor.