Heather Cox Richardson
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Marian Anderson, Narrated by Melissa Givens
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August 28, 2026
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1:08Now PlayingAmerican soprano Melissa Givens is an Associate Professor at Pomona College, specializing in music of women and African Americans. She is a frequent recitalist and clinician and sings with Grammy© winning Conspirare: A Company of Voices. Givens tells the story of Marian Anderson’s historic performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939—one that she repeated at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.
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From the time of our country’s founding 250 years ago, the story of America has been one of the constant efforts of Americans—from all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities—to make real the belief that we are all created equal and have a right to have a say in our democracy. We will be telling their stories over the next several weeks because now, as ever, “We Are America.”
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