Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents, which were Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia during the 76th Congress
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Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
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Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897 (although throughout much of her life she gave her birth date as February 17, 1902) in south Philadelphia. Her father, John Berkley Anderson, sold ice and coal and her mother Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson was a former schoolmistress. She was the oldest of three sisters. She began singing when she was six, in the church choir, and by eight had become a regular substitute, filling in for absent sopranos, tenors and even bass. She was presented in one c...
