Decades before Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have A Dream Speech” at the Lincoln Memorial, Marian Anderson stood on the same steps and sang for an audience of 75,000 after being denied the chance ...
Prologue: October 1964 -- 1: Freedom's child -- 2: Singing in the dark -- 3: Deep rivers -- 4: Heart of a nation -- 5: Sweet land of liberty -- Epilogue: American icon, 1943-93 -- Acknowledgments -- ...
As the National Park Service holds its annual week to draw attention to its properties around the country to encourage tourism, the process is a bit different this year, as it comes at a time when the ...