How Did Marian Anderson Influence Society

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“Anderson was the first African-American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.” On January 7, 1955 she performed in a prestigious place, Metropolitan Opera House, which led her to fame to become one of the most celebrated singers in the 20th Century. She was a very famous and talented black opera singer who overcame many obstacles in her life, such as finding the resource to finance her vocal lessons. She was honored and rewarded by her success, but was distracted by prejudice acts regarding her performances. Her fame was granted through her actions as a young girl who pursued her dreams of singing. Her early life background influenced her success at overcoming discrimination from Controversy with Daughters of American …show more content…
However, this is a white organization meaning black African Americans are not able to be apart of it. Marian Anderson 's connection between this organization is her decline at performing in one of Washington 's most prestigious venue. The constitutional Hall in Washington D.C was the headquarters for this organization and …show more content…
Marian Anderson, an opera singer, began performing at a young age and attended a number of concerts which rewarded her fame. She studied with other composers which helped her achieve her goal of performing at Carnegie Hall in 1928. Andersom primarily performed with enthusiasm and her voice justified her goal as a black African American. She wanted society to not discriminate because of her race. However, The Daughters of the American Revolution led an organization but denied Marian Anderson the use of Constitutional Hall for her performance because she was of colour. This did not set back Anderson because she later performed in 1939 at the Lincoln Memorial free concert. Her voice told a message to free women of colour, she succeeded in doing

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