Word: marianism
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...This week Mrs. Roosevelt resigned from the D.A.R. because of its refusal to let Negro Singer Marian Anderson perform in Constitution Hall...
...greatest concert singers of this generation is Marian Anderson, Philadelphia-born Negro contralto. Since she skyrocketed to fame in Salzburg four years ago, the music-lovers and critics of the world's musical capitals have counted it a privilege to hear her sing. Last week it looked as though music-lovers in provincial Washington, D.C. might be denied this privilege. Reason: Washington's only large concert auditorium, Constitution Hall, is owned by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who are so proud they won't eat mush-much less let a Negro sing from their stage...
WASHINGTON -- Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution in protest against the organization's refusal to permit Marian Anderson, noted Negro contralto, to present a concert at Constitution Hall, it was indicated tonight...
...Lombard, Grant and Tibbett scheduled to be off, Ronald Colman asked for. and got, release from his contract. This left last Sunday's show in a bad spot. Grant was lured back, Basil Rathbone rounded up. The show went on, distinguished mainly by the singing of Negro Contralto Marian Anderson. Colman's suave management and Carole Lombard's wayward breathlessness were sorely missed. For next week the return of Miss Lombard and Tibbett is promised, but for the future of The Circle its producing agency, J. Walter Thompson Co., is banking heavily on Actor Colman...
Following the June graduation of Marian from Bennington and Ellsworth from Harvard, the pair plan to marry as soon as a job is found. Last summer Grant worked as an assistant director and messenger boy in a Hollywood studio, but prefers teaching or journalism as a future vocation...