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.
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.
I would also like to point out that Eleanor Roosevelt was the real racist in this whole thing for making such a big to-do over the DAR's racism.
Sometimes, though, <a href="http:\/\/pqasb.pqarchiver.com\/washingtonpost_historical\/doc\/138361299.html" target="_blank"> it takes a long, long time. </a>
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.
I would also like to point out that Eleanor Roosevelt was the real racist in this whole thing for making such a big to-do over the DAR&#039;s racism.
/wingnut logic
Mark Levin and Ann Coulter speculate that Roosevelt had the hots for Marian Anderson in 3...2...1...
Nearly broke &#039;em.
He did it much better in Wonkville.
Izzat why you drive that tiny clown car?
You&#039;d think that as vaginamericans, they&#039;d be just a bit more aware of that little isue. But nooooo....
Sometimes, though, <a href="http:\/\/pqasb.pqarchiver.com\/washingtonpost_historical\/doc\/138361299.html" target="_blank"> it takes a long, long time. </a>