Chapter 1 | Voice of Freedom
Clip: Season 33 Episode 2 | 9m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
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On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument behind her were the words “all men are created equal.”
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Chapter 1 | Voice of Freedom
Clip: Season 33 Episode 2 | 9m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument behind her were the words “all men are created equal.”
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Extended Trailer | Voice of Freedom | American Experience
Hailed as a voice that “comes around once in a hundred years” by maestros in Europe. (1m 40s)
Trailer | Voice of Freedom | American Experience
Hailed as a voice that “comes around once in a hundred years” by maestros in Europe. (30s)
The New York Times hailed Marian Anderson as “one of the great singers of our time.” (1m 9s)
Walter White was an African American civil rights activist from Atlanta, Georgia. (1m 18s)
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Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.