PA-110 Marian Anderson

Marker text: Marian Anderson
World-renowned contralto. As a child she sang in this church. Toured Europe & U.S. starting in the 1930s. Her concert at the Lincoln Memorial, 1939, drew 75,000 people. First African-American in Metropolitan Opera, 1955. Delegate to UN, 1958. Died 1993.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 1993

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Location: Union Baptist Church, 1910 Fitzwater St., Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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