Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert
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Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert is a 1939 documentary film which documents a concert performance by African American opera singer Marian Anderson after the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) had her barred from singing in Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall because she was black. Officials of the District of Columbia also barred her from performing in the auditorium of a white public high school. The concert was held at the Lincoln Memorial, on federal property, during the administration of a Democratic President and Congress.[1] The Easter Sunday performance was attended by 75,000.[2] In 2001, this documentary film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Notes
- ^ Raymond Arsenault, The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the concert that awakened America (2009).
- ^ "Exhibit: Eleanor Roosevelt Letter". NARA. 1939-02-26. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/eleanor.html. Retrieved 2006-10-08.
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- 1939 films
- Concert films
- United States National Film Registry films
- Black-and-white documentary films
- African American documentaries
- Documentary films about singers
- Documentary films about racism
- Opera films
- Documentary films about classical music and musicians
- Films shot in Washington, D.C.
- 1939 in the United States
- 1930s documentary films
- Music documentary film stubs
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