Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1959-1960.

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Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1959-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63560265

Includes letters from L. Venchael Booth and from Woman's Convention president Nannie H. Burroughs, with 6 items from Anderson or her representative.

11 items (18 l.)

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Burroughs, Nannie Helen, 1879-1961

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In 1879, Nannie Helen Burroughs was born to a formerly enslaved couple living in Orange, Virginia. Her father died when she was young, and she and her mother relocated to Washington, DC. Burroughs excelled in school and graduated with honors from M Street High School (now Paul Laurence Dunbar High School). Despite her academic achievements, Burroughs was turned down for a Washington D.C. public school teaching position. Some historians speculate that the elite black community discriminated again...

National Baptist Convention of the United States of America

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Booth, L. Venchael, 1919-

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