Marian Anderson, noted contralto ... perform at the White House and then sang there again when Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were entertaining the King and Queen of Great Britain in 1939.

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27 ... of the American Revolution banned her from performing at its Constitution Hall. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ultimately intervened and ...

Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, once performed in the UN's gilded General Assembly ...

Elliott Roosevelt, Eleanor's father ... Alabama; She arranges for Marian Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday. Hitler invades Poland and war breaks out in Europe.