Five years ago this month, the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted the release of Marion Anderson US postage stamp at Constitution Hall, Washington DC.... in belated recompense for their refusing to let her perform at a concert there, because she was black, on Easter Sunday 1939.
Friday, 29 January 2010
FIVE YEARS AGO: A PRE-OBAMA STEP FORWARD
Five years ago this month, the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted the release of Marion Anderson US postage stamp at Constitution Hall, Washington DC.... in belated recompense for their refusing to let her perform at a concert there, because she was black, on Easter Sunday 1939.
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