On this day in 1939, Marian Anderson sang a public concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. She was originally slated to use Constitution Hall, but the DAR barred Anderson, citing their white-artists-only clause. Sound ON 🔊 to hear her powerful performance in a clip from Smithsonian Spotlight: Scurlock Studio. https://bit.ly/2Fc1J3z | Smithsonian Channel
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