Category: African American History

Refined by: (Author) Cait Miller; (Year) 2022

Program from Marian Anderson's 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert, inscribed to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge by Anderson.

Marian Anderson’s #LincolnMemorialMoment

May 12, 2022

As we recognize the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial, the Music Division highlights Marian Anderson's iconic 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial by sharing a program and related telegram from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Collection.

Posted in: African American History, Women in Music

Black and white portrait of James Weldon Johnson sitting at a desk.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

February 8, 2022

Posted by: Cait Miller

James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is one of the most significant hymns in American history. Read more about the genesis of the song and download sheet music published in 1900 and 1921.

Posted in: African American History, Composers, Sheet Music

Refined by: (Author) Cait Miller; (Year) 2022