PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Marian Anderson Museum recently reopened its doors after more than four years of rebuilding and renovations and there's a new exhibition to welcome visitors back.

The National Mall and Memorial Parks is conducting its annual tradition of commemorating Marian Anderson’s “seminal” concert at the Lincoln Memorial this Easter, with this year’s holiday ...

On Easter Sunday 1939, Marian Anderson, wrapped in a fur coat against the April chill, stepped to the microphone atop the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and launched into “America (My Country ...

Three years ago, fourth-graders at Chester A. Arthur Elementary School in South Philadelphia researched their school’s namesake. The students learned America’s 21st president had signed the ...

There were two temporary exhibits set up in the fire-damaged rooms this month: one a photo montage celebrating the life and accomplishments of African-American singer Marian Anderson, of ...

The great Marian Anderson had the privilege of performing over fifty songs by Florence Price. After her death, much of Ms. Price’s repertoire was abandoned in a Chicago house but it has since ...

Also on this date: In 1939, Marian Anderson performed a concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after the Black singer was denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the ...

"No, I'm a Negro," she replied, noting she felt no hostility. Bettmann//Getty Images Opera singer Marian Anderson with President Johnson, shaking hands as they are introduced at a State Department ...

In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution denied soul singer Marian Anderson’s request to perform for an integrated audience. She soon found a bigger stage. She’d been staging a series of ...