Description
A program for a recital by Marian Anderson on February 5, 1932, at the Ryman Auditorium, located on Fifth Avenue North in downtown Nashville. Marian Anderson was an African American contralto, most remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1955 she became the first African American member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Forms part of the Naff Collection. 1 program : col. ; 6 x 9 in.
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