Commemorate Juneteenth in a special way this year with a tour of the Marian Anderson Studio at the Danbury Museum. Thursday, June 19th @ 11:00am @ the Mark Twain Library.
A resident of Danbury for nearly 50 years, Anderson rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest contraltos of the 20th century. In 1939, she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall because of her skin color. In what would become a defining moment in civil rights history, Anderson was then invited to perform at the Lincoln Memorial before a crowd of over 75,000. In 1955, at age 58, she became the first Black artist to perform at the Metropolitan Opera.
Register here: https://marktwainlibrary.org/events/conversations-a-stones-throw-program-to-commemorate-juneteenth-off-site/