April 20, 1982 Opera star Leontyne Price performed a concert at the Daughters of the American Revolution convention at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. in honor of Marian Anderson, who had been barred from performing at the same venue in 1939 by the DAR because of racist practices.
The Hampton Roads Gazeti
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By Tiffani Addison
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