Publisher's Synopsis
The Story of Marian Anderson The life and times of contralto Marian Anderson. Only after major success in Europe in the 1930's was Anderson recognized as an important artist in her own country. In America,where pervasive racism and Jim Crow segregation laws often determined where she performed, Anderson overcame prejudice in the nation's capital, giving a ground breaking concert before 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939.