American contralto, Marian Anderson, 1897-1993, was one of the most globally celebrated singers of the 20th century and yet the panel on What’s My Line in 1957 felt ashamed when they couldn’t guess who she was…
Ms. Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939 after she was refused a performance at Washington’s Constitution Hall. In 2014, young people gathered to commemorate 75 years since Anderson’s effort to strike out against racism through the power and beauty of her voice. Jeffrey Brown reports for PBS: