Marian Anderson, a groundbreaking African American contralto, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Renowned for her extraordinary voice and dignified presence, she broke racial barriers in classical music. In 1939, after being denied the right to perform at Constitution Hall due to her race, she famously sang at the Lincoln Memorial before a crowd of 75,000. Anderson later became the first Black person to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955.
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