Does anyone know at least 5 interesting facts about Marian Anderson?

Question

Does anyone know at least 5 interesting facts about Marian Anderson?

Answer 1

Facts About Marian Anderson

Answer 2

Marian Anderson Facts

Answer 3

amazed that I found this question already answered! it's like you read my mind!

Answer 4

1) I'm SF and Center(even tho I'm only 5'5, 40-50 inch vertical jump coz of volleyball) 2) I can dunk(on the 5yr old height, I'm so amazing!) lol jk, I can dunk tho 3) I usually get up to 10 technicals a season =D 4) I get barely get fouled out( but get fouled alot) 5) I met the Tarheels before.. Ed Davis, Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Danny Green, Wayne Ellington, and everyone else! More than 5... 6) I met Roy Williams when I went to the Carolina Basketball Museum 7) I've played basketball since I was able to walk( no not 3yrs old! lol) 8)When I'm not playing basketball, I play volleyball. 9)1/2 the year I spend playing basketball and the other 1/2 I spend playing volleyball. Except for when its training( which is like 1 month). 10) I went to Australia, Canada, Poland, Russia,and Germany for volleyball&basketball tournaments( I had a volleyball AND basketball tournament in each place.) 11) I used to be super-obsessed with JJ Redick when he played for Duke, even tho I've been a Tarheel fan since I was born( It runs through the family, lol) 12) I'm still obsessed with JJ Redick to this day 13) I went to Prague and England for basketball camps 14) I've been a Celtics fan since I was 5.( I didnt start watching NBA basketball until I was 5.) 15)My role models r: Rajon Rondo&Candace Parker.(too much to explain why) I'm guessing thats enough?? lol I can keep going if u want me to! =]

Answer 5

Go to this website and you will see an entire biography about....she was a beautiful woman!!!!



http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/ande-mar.htm



It contains her entire life history and is very easy to read and to pick what you want to use as intertesting facts.

Answer 6

Marian Anderson was 42 when she sang her legendary open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial on 9 April 1939.



Anderson was a famous contralto of the day, and the concert was arranged after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let her perform at Constitution Hall because she was black



(First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR in protest and helped arrange the concert at the Lincoln Memorial.)



Anderson was the aunt of Oregon Symphony conductor James DePriest



On January 7, 1955, Anderson broke the color barrier by becoming the first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera.



In 1958 she was officially designated delegate to the United Nations, a formalization of her role as "goodwill ambassador" of the U.S. she played earlier, and in 1972 she was awarded the UN Peace Prize.







On January 27, 2005, a commemorative U.S. postage stamp honored Marian Anderson as part of the Black Heritage series. Anderson is also pictured on the US$5,000 Series I United States Savings Bond