Sixty years after the March on Washington, a piece of history lives on at Philadelphia’s National Marian Anderson Museum .
The museum tells the story of Anderson, a woman who gave voice to a movement. While she’s best known for her 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance of “America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee),” Anderson also performed during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.
Racism played a significant role in Anderson’s life and career. In 1939, she’d been set to perform at Constitution Hall, but the venue banned Black performers. Instead, she sang to a crowd of 75,000 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial…