I knew this one would make me cry before I ever started the video. Marian Anderson is one of the most famous American singers ever and she was to play at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C, in 1939 but she was barred because she is black and the kicker is who barred her: the Daughters of the American Revolution.
So long as people believe The Holocaust could only happen in Germany then I absolutely believe it is still possible for another one to happen anywhere. It shouldn't be harder to make people love than it is to make them hate but we know it is just that way. All that means is we have to work harder. I do my bit in what I write and I ask you to do the same in your own way.
That Marian Anderson could sing of her country and obviously with love is an extraordinary measure of the character of a great lady who had been mistreated all her life and yet she sang "My Country, Tis of Thee." And just look at her smile at the end of it!
So long as people believe The Holocaust could only happen in Germany then I absolutely believe it is still possible for another one to happen anywhere. It shouldn't be harder to make people love than it is to make them hate but we know it is just that way. All that means is we have to work harder. I do my bit in what I write and I ask you to do the same in your own way.
That Marian Anderson could sing of her country and obviously with love is an extraordinary measure of the character of a great lady who had been mistreated all her life and yet she sang "My Country, Tis of Thee." And just look at her smile at the end of it!
She would not be stopped. In 1955, Marian Anderson was the first black singer to performer at the Met in NYC.
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