Word: marian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because the Daughters of the American Revolution recently denied the use of their Washington hall to Negro Singer Marian Anderson, and because of their consistently illiberal stand on political, economic and constitutional questions, we recommend that their name be changed to the Defenders of the American Reaction...
Regarding the story of the D. A. R. exclusion of Singer Marian Anderson (TIME, March 6, p. 38) from Convention Hall, Washington, would it not be advisable to suggest to Congressman Martin Dies that he could make a real contribution by investigating the un-American activities of the so-called "Daughters of the American Revolution...
...After protesting the ban on Negro Singer Marian Anderson's appearance in Washington, Mrs. Roosevelt pointedly attended Negro shows two nights running: Harlempress Ethel Waters' Mamba's Daughters, the all-Negro Mikado...
...After protesting the ban on Negro Singer Marian Anderson's appearance in Washington, Mrs. Roosevelt pointedly attended Negero shows two nights running: Harlempress Ethel Waters' Mamba's Daughters, the all-Negro Mikado...
While irate Washingtonians formed a Marian Anderson's Citizens' Committee and held a mass meeting attended by 1,500, Violinist Jascha Heifetz, who arrived in Washington on a concert tour, said he was "ashamed" to appear in Constitution Hall under the circumstances...