G. Star Swain could not have imagined that a trip with her family to the Lincoln Memorial would turn her world upside down. While visiting Washington, D.C. on June 16, Swain’s family encouraged her to share an impromptu version of the Star Spangled Banner. It was recorded and shared on Facebook and YouTube. The video, […]

VIA:  TheKennedyCenter.Org (singer; born February 27, 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Most Americans best remember Marian Anderson for her conscience-grabbing concert at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939 after she was denied the use of Constitution Hall, an arena that, from 1935 to 1952, opened its doors to white artists only. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, appalled […]