Marian Anderson

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United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)

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I grew up in St. Louis in a tiny house full of large music - Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson singing majestically on the stereo, my German-American mother fingering 'The Lost Chord' on the piano as golden light sank through trees, my Palestinian father trilling in Arabic in the shower each dawn. Naomi Shihab Nye

Baez cites Odetta as a primary influence along with Marian Anderson and Pete Seeger. Source: Internet

Aside from Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, and Leontyne Price, there was little room for African Americans to pursue classical careers back then. Source: Internet

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