Complex sentence: Marian Anderson was born on February 27,1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Berkley Anderson and the former Annie Delilah Rucker father sold ice and coal in downtown Philadelphia at the Reading Terminal and eventually opened a small liquor business as well.
Split into simpler sentences: Marian Anderson was born on February 27,1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Berkley Anderson and the former Annie Delilah Rucker. Her father sold ice and coal in downtown Philadelphia at the Reading Terminal and eventually opened a small liquor business as well.