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8 T/ A) {$ ^( x; F- g3 _ Sixty years after the March on Washington, a piece of history lives on at Philadelphia s National Marian Anderson Museum.The museum tells the story of Anderson, a woman who gave voice to a movement. While she s best stanley cup known for her 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance of America My Country, Tis of Thee , Anderson also performed during theMarch on Washingtonon Aug. 28, 1963.Racism played a significant role in Anderson s life and career. In 1939, she d been set to perform at Constitution Hall, but the venue banned Black performers. Instead, she sang to a crowd of 75,000 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Marian Anderson singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the Easter Sunday Open Air concert in 1939. Bettmann / Getty Images Anderson continued breaking barriers. In 1955, she became the first Black singer to perform in a principal role at th stanley cup e Metropolitan Opera in New York. What she did was represent hope, possibility and opportunity for Black people, Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO of the National Marian Anderson Museum, said.The museum is home to the phone Anderson used to answer the call about performing at the March on Washington. This phone just speaks of history and speaks of the stories and the life, Pirtle said.She returned to the Lincoln Memorial fo stanley cup r the March on Washington and sang He s Got the Whole World Rdsj Scared to death : CBS cameraman covered Nixon s resignation speech
( H! }6 I" z* Y6 u( S After being repeatedly asked whether he identified as a capitalist, former Colorado governor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper demurred and said Democrats are a big tent party. Once you get back into these labels mdash; am I a capitalist Am I a socialist How much of a capitalist am I versus how much of a socialist mdash; that becomes kind of silly, doesn t it Hickenlooper said on Face the Nation Sunday.Transcript: John Hickenlooper on Face the Nation, March 10, 2019Pressed again if he was uncomfortable answering the question, the former mayor of Denver pledged to be a capitalist but stressed he believed labels divide bot converse h the c yeezy ountry and his party. I m happy to say I m a capitalist, but I think at a certain point the labels do nothing but divide us, he added.Hickenlooper threw his hat into the 2020 ring last week, announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination and attracting more than $1 million in campaign donations within 48 hours. With mostDemocratic presidential candidates vouching enthusiastic support forambitious progressive proposals like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress have accused the Democratic Party of yeezy embracing fringe platforms and flirting with socialism.Even former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who is mulling an independent bid for the White House,warned that Democrats risk loosing to Mr. Trump again in 20 |
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