From our friends at the WNYC Archives: As eloquent in her speech as she is in her song, the contralto Marian Anderson addresses the issues of prejudice and segregation head-on in this 1957 Books and Authors Luncheon appearance. Hear a clip and read more here.
Image: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection, reproduction number LC-USZ62-42524.
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