Known for her performance at the Freedom Concert on April 9, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Anderson christened the Lincoln Memorial as a place of protest. The concert reached millions of radio listeners worldwide.

Marian Anderson transformed into a symbol for the civil rights movement, inspiring a 10-year-old Martin Luther King, Jr.

At the age of 6, Anderson begins singing with the Union Baptist Church choir.

She is the first African American to sign with RCA Victor. Her first record features "Deep River" and "My Way's Cloudy."

Marian Anderson sang the National Anthem for the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.