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Marian Anderson Sings at Lincoln Memorial

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(1897-1993). The American contralto Marian Anderson was a pioneer in overcoming racial discrimination. After being prohibited from singing in Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., because of her ethnicity, she performed (1939) instead on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of more than 75,000, thereby increasing public awareness of existing prejudice. She was the first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1955), where she portrayed Ulrica in a performance of Guiseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. Her voice was that rare thing, a genuine deep contralto.

Marian Anderson was born on February 17, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began singing in a Baptist church at the age of six. In 1925 she was selected from among 300 contestants to appear as soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, after which she spent ten years studying and singing in Europe.

Principally a recitalist, Anderson did not sing any other operatic roles. Her repertoire included oratorios, lieder (German art songs), and especially the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius, and spirituals. Her autobiography, My Lord, What a Morning, appeared in 1956. Among her numerous awards was the Spingarn Medal of 1939. She died on April 8, 1993, in Portland, Oregon.

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(1897-1993). The American contralto Marian Anderson was a pioneer in overcoming racial discrimination. After being prohibited from singing in Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., because of her ethnicity, she performed (1939) instead on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of more than 75,000, thereby increasing public awareness of existing prejudice.

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Marian Anderson Facts for Kids | KidzSearch.com

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Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents were African American Christians. All the Anderson family went to the Union Baptist Church in South Philadelphia. She first sang in public when she was six years old. Anderson went to Stanton Grammar School.

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Harriet Tubman Facts for Kids | KidzSearch.com

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Harriet Tubman (born Armana Ross; c. 1820 or 1821 - March 10, 1913) was an African-American anti-slavery worker, and humanitarian. She was also a Union spy during the American Civil War. She was born into slavery but she escaped. During her life, she made nineteen trips. She helped more than 300 slaves escape.

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Harriet Tubman is well known for risking her life as a "conductor" in the Underground Railroad, which led escaped slaves to freedom in the North. But did you know that the former slave also served as a spy for the Union during the Civil War and was the first woman in American history to lead a military expedition?

During a time when women were usually restricted to traditional roles like cooking and nursing, she did her share of those jobs. But she also worked side-by-side with men, says writer Tom Allen, who tells her exciting story in the National Geographic book, Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent.

Tubman decided to help the Union Army because she wanted freedom for all of the people who were forced into slavery, not just the few she could help by herself. And she convinced many other brave African Americans to join her as spies, even at the risk of being hanged if they were caught.

In one of her most dramatic and dangerous roles, Tubman helped Colonel James Montgomery plan a raid to free slaves from plantations along the Combahee (pronounced "KUM-bee") River in South Carolina. Early on the morning of June 1, 1863, three gunboats carrying several hundred male soldiers along with Harriet Tubman set out on their mission.

Tubman had gathered key information from her scouts about the Confederate positions. She knew where they were hiding along the shore. She also found out where they had placed torpedoes, or barrels filled with gunpowder, in the water.

As the early morning fog lifted on some of the South's most important rice plantations, the Union expedition hit hard. The raiders set fire to buildings and destroyed bridges, so they couldn't be used by the Confederate Army. They also freed about 750 slaves-men, women, children, and babies-and did not lose one soldier in the attack.

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Harriet Tubman is well known for risking her life as a "conductor" in the Underground Railroad, which led escaped slaves to freedom in the North. But did you know that the former slave also served as a spy for the Union during the Civil War and was the first woman in American history to lead a military expedition?

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Benjamin Banneker was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, on November 9, 1731.

His parents, Robert and Mary, were both freed slaves.

Benjamin was born a freeman and not a slave. He grew up on his family's farm where he worked hard even as a child. He had three sisters.

He helped with the tobacco crops, chopped wood, and did all sorts of chores around the farm.

He was taught to read by his grandmother and attended a Quaker school for a very short time.

Benjamin inherited the farm left to him by his grandparents and expanded it.

In 1761, at the age of thirty, a friend showed him a pocket watch. He then constructed a striking wooden clock of his own.

He painstakingly carved the toothed wheels and gears of the clock out of seasoned wood. The clock operated successfully until the time of his death.

At the age of 58, Benjamin became interested in astronomy through the influence of his neighbor, George Ellicott.

George lent him several books on the subject as well as a telescope and drafting instruments used in astronomy.

Benjamin taught himself the science of astronomy, made projections for solar and lunar eclipses, and computed ephemerides for an almanac.

In 1791, Benjamin tried to sell his observations but was unsuccessful.

In February 1791, American surveyor Major Andrew Ellicott was appointed to survey the 10-mile square of the Federal Territory for a new national capital.

Benjamin worked in the field for several months as Ellicott's scientific assistant.

After the baselines and boundaries had been established and Benjamin had returned home, he prepared an ephemeris for the following year, which was published in Baltimore in Benjamin Banneker's Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanac and Ephemeris, for the year of our Lord, 1792.

Banneker's calculations gave the positions of the planets and stars for each day of the year, and his almanacs were published every year from 1792 until 1797.

Banneker forwarded a copy of his calculations to Thomas Jefferson, who at the time was Secretary of State.

Together with it was a letter criticizing Jefferson for his pro-slavery views and urging the abolishment of slavery of African-American people.

He compared such slavery to the enslavement of the American colonies by the British crown.

His letter was acknowledged and forwarded to the Marquis de Condorcet, the secretary of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.

The exchange of letters between Benjamin and Jefferson was published as a separate pamphlet and was given wide publicity at the time the first almanac was published.

The two letters were reprinted in Banneker's almanac for 1793, which also included "A Plan for an Office of Peace," which was the work of Dr. Benjamin Rush.

The abolition societies of Maryland and Pennsylvania were very helpful in the publication of Benjamin's almanacs, which were widely distributed as an example of an African-American's work and to demonstrate the equal mental abilities of the races.

The last known issue of Banneker's almanacs appeared for the year 1797, because of lessening interest in the anti-slavery movement.

He prepared ephemerides for each year until 1804. He also published a treatise on bees and computed the cycle of the seventeen-year locust.

Banneker never married. He died on October 9, 1806, and was buried in the family burial ground near his house.

Among the memorabilia preserved from his life were his commonplace book and the manuscript journal in which he had entered astronomical calculations and personal notations.

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