Marian Anderson was an African American concert singer born in 1897 who lived until 1993. She was the first African American to record spirituals for a major U.S. recording company and graduated from high school at age 24. Throughout her career, she started a scholarship fund for young singers and sang the national anthem at John F. Kennedy's 1961 inauguration.

1. Marian
Lucille
Anderson

3. Marian Anderson
was born on
February 27,
1897.

4. Marian Anderson
died on April 8, 1993
in Portland, Oregon.
She was 96 years
old when she died.

5. Ms. Anderson was the
first African American
concert singer to
record spirituals for a
major U.S. recording
company.

7. One interesting fact
about Marian
Anderson is that she
graduated from high
school when she was
24 years old.

8. Another interesting
fact about Marian
Anderson is that she
started a scholarship
fund for young
singers.

9. I also learned that
Ms. Anderson sang
the national anthem
at John F. Kennedy’s
inauguration in 1961.

10. If I could meet Ms.
Anderson, then I
would ask her, “What
singing performance
meant the most to you
and why?”

11. While researching Marian
Anderson, I gathered
most of my information
from the book Marian
Anderson: A Voice
Uplifted.

13. Researched and Written by:
Kaitlyn