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Echoes from Marian Anderson's defiant performance

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Marian Anderson, the legendary African-American contralto, sang at the Lincoln Memorial exactly 75 years ago after she was refused a performance at Washington's Constitution Hall. On Wednesday, young people gathered to commemorate Anderson's effort to strike out against racism through the power and beauty of her voice. Jeffrey Brown reports. View more from Marian Anderson: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/marian-anderson-civil-rights-milestone/

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a group of people standing around a table: Marian Anderson, the legendary African-American contralto, sang at the Lincoln Memorial exactly 75 years ago after she was refused a performance at Washington's Constitution Hall. On Wednesday, young people gathered to commemorate Anderson's effort to strike out against racism through the power and beauty of her voice. Jeffrey Brown reports. View more from Marian Anderson: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/marian-anderson-civil-rights-milestone/

Echoes from Marian Anderson's defiant performance

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