Happy 75th Anniversary Of Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial Concert That Ended Racism Forever
75 years ago today, Marian Anderson gave a concert at the Lincoln Memorial, after being snubbed by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who would not allow black performers at their Constitution Hall. This move by the decent church-going women with their mean, pinched, bitter, evil faces was not received well by all of the DAR's members, such as Eleanor Roosevelt, who resigned her membership and helped find Anderson her historic venue.
Eleanor Roosevelt kicked ass, before it was cool.
My family history would make me eligible to belong to the DAR, but I never tried to join out of protest to their overt racism. Well that and the whole having a penis issue.