Marian Anderson

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

As a tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on her birthday, host Warren Bower introduces a speech by Marian Anderson, in which the legendary African American contralto comments on her warm relationship with the Roosevelt family.



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