What are ten facts about marian anderson?

Answer 1

1- Born 27th February 1897 [or 1899]

2- She died on the 8th April 1993 of heart failure in Portland, Oregon.

3- She was the first African-American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House - 1955

4- She was the first African-American to be named a permanent member of Metropolitan Opera Company.

5- Her first role at the Met was the part of Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera.

6- During 1939 the Daughters of the American Revolution made the purely racist decision to refuse her permission to sing to an integrated audience in Constitution Hall.

7- She became an important figure in the struggle for black artists to overcome racial prejudice in the United States during the mid twentieth century.

8- She worked for several years as a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee and as a "goodwill ambassadress" for the United States Department of State.

9- She won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991.

10- She sang at President Dwight D. Eisenhower and President John F. Kennedy's inaugurations.