He said of the concert at the Lincoln Memorial: "I don't know if this has ever been done before." In fact, several presidents have held pre-inauguration concerts there, including George W. Bush ...

Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial concert wasn’t the moment of racial reconciliation we like to think August 26, 2020 Marian Anderson singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the ...

If the Lincoln Memorial Concert was the mainstream celebration of the new Obama administration, then the Big Shoulders Ball, held a day later at the Black Cat, was the indie party.

"This journey began 18 months ago," Trump said after the concert. "I had something to do with it, but you had much more to do with it than I did. I'm the messenger. I'm just the messenger." ...

AP FileIn this April 9, 1939, file photo, contralto singer Marian Anderson performs on the steps of Washington's Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday after she had been refused permission to perform ...

Anderson’s concert, performed in 1939, was conducted outside the Lincoln Memorial after the singer was denied access to perform at Constitution Hall, as Jim Crow laws were still in use within ...

Anderson’s concert, performed in 1939, was conducted outside the Lincoln Memorial after the singer was denied access to perform at Constitution Hall, as Jim Crow laws were still in use within ...