Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson

OPERA SINGER

Award-winning contralto opera and spiritual singer who was a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The Marian Anderson Award was founded in her honor to help young singers.

  • When was
    Marian Anderson born?

    Marian Anderson was born on Saturday, February 27, 1897

  • Where was
    Marian Anderson born?

    Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, PA

  • How old is
    Marian Anderson?

    Marian Anderson is 127

Best Quotes

  • When you stop having dreams and ideals -- well, you might as well stop altogether.
  • Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.
  • As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
  • No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise.
  • Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

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