President Barack Obama, right, listens as Beyonce sings the National Anthem at the ceremonial ... (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Singer Marian Anderson smiles at the Pierre Hotel in New York, Nov. 28, ...
Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt, 30th Annual Conference, 1939. Courtesy: Library of Congress Anderson was born in 1897 in South Philadelphia. Hard-working and ...
From Beyoncé to Lady Gaga ... John F Kennedy, 1961: Contralto Marian Anderson sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965: The United States Marine Band performed the national ...
Aretha Franklin also performed.Barack Obama, 2013: Beyoncé performed the national ... 1961: Contralto Marian Anderson sang "The Star-Spangled Banner." Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965: The United States ...