[DOC] [TLE] Denied A Stage, She Sang For A Nation : NPR [PAR] Apr 9, 2014 ... On April 9, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson sang before an audience of 75,000 
people .... the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and began to sing "My Country, 'Tis 
of Thee. ... "They refused to allow her use of the hall," Keiler says, "because she 
... But after one such singer refused to perform in a segregated... [DOC] [TLE] Marian Anderson - Wikipedia [PAR] Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897  April 8, 1993) was an American contralto 
and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Music critic Alan 
Blyth said: "Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty." Most of her 
singing career was spent performing in concert and recital in ... In 1939, the 
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) refused... [DOC] [TLE] Marian Anderson sings on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial - Apr 09 ... [PAR] But if race had been no impediment to her career abroad, there were still places 
... was to discover in 1939 that one such place was a venue called Constitution 
Hall, ... When the D.A.R. refused to allow Marian Anderson to perform at 
Constitution Hall .... 1939. Marian Anderson sings at Lincoln Memorial. On Easter 
Sunday in... [DOC] [TLE] My Country Tis of Thee | Facing History and Ourselves [PAR] However, this was never the case in Constitution Hall, which was, and still is, 
owned ... her response, the story of the DAR's refusal to allow Anderson to 
perform at ... the foot of Lincoln Memorial today and heard Marian Anderson, 
Negro contralto, ... Three months after the concert on July 2, 1939 in Richmond, 
VA, the former... [DOC] [TLE] Eleanor Roosevelt Resigns from the [PAR] On February 26, 1939, Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the Daughters of the ... 
During the 1930s, African American contralto Marian Anderson sang at Europe's 
most ... After her request for alternate performance dates was also refused, the 
reason for ... Marian Anderson could not sing at Constitution Hall because the 
Hall's... [DOC] [TLE] Marian Anderson | Daughters of the American Revolution [PAR] "An Agreeable Tyrant: Fashion After the Revolution" October 7, 2016 ... However, 
in 1939, opera singer Marian Anderson was denied the opportunity to perform in 
DAR Constitution Hall because of her race. She subsequently performed an 
historic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 75,000 people. [DOC] [TLE] Articles about Marian Anderson - tribunedigital-baltimoresun [PAR] With help from the FDR Administration, Lincoln Memorial was made available ... 
The great contralto Marian Anderson, whose 1939 performance at the Lincoln ... 
Revolution refused to allow her to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington. ... 
The sight of her on Easter Sunday in 1939 singing at the Lincoln Memorial -- after
... [DOC] [TLE] Marian Anderson Performs on the National Mall - National ... [PAR] Jan 18, 2013 ... On Easter Sunday in 1939, classical vocalist Marian Anderson gave an open-air 
... at the time, had been scheduled to perform at Constitution Hall, a celebrated ... 
However, the DAR refused to allow Anderson, an African-American woman, ... 
The Lincoln Memorial, where the concert was held, is a part of the... [DOC] [TLE] Fresh Perspectives On the D.A.R.'s Rebuff of Marian Anderson ... [PAR] May 18, 1993 ... After being turned down by the D.A.R., which owns Constitution Hall, Miss ... song 
recital standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. ... Revolution in refusing her 
request to sing at Constitution Hall, then the ... for having prevented Miss 
Anderson from singing at the hall. ... Photo: Marian Anderson (1939). [DOC] [TLE] Marian Anderson - Diplomat, Singer - Biography.com [PAR] Feb 15, 2015 ... Marian Anderson became the first African American to perform with the ... She 
sang at the Lincoln Memorial at the request of Eleanor ... to her church and its 
choir and rehearsed all the parts (soprano, alto, ... In 1939 her manager tried to 
set up a

Question: In 1939, after Constitution Hall refused to allow her to perform, this contralto sang at the Lincoln Memorial
Answer: Marian Anderson