HATRED: 

THERE IS A 
 CONSEQUENCE

Quote for the Day  - July 10,  2010

"You lose a lot of time hating people."


Marian Anderson [1897-1993], New York Times, April. 18, 1965

Marian Anderson photo by Carl Van Vechten [1940]

Photo on Top Right: Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 - the famous outdoor Marian Anderson Concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The crowd was estimated at 75.000. One song was "My Country 'Tis of Thee'". She had been refused permission to sing in an integrated concert in Constitution Hall by the DAR - the Daughters of the American Revolution. Next the District of Columbia refused permission allowing her to sing in a local - all white high school. Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady, and several other prominent DAR members resigned. Marian Anderson had experienced prejudice and racial hatred in her concerts across America. Her manager, Sol Hurok, persuaded Harold L. Ickes, the Secretary of the Interior, to use the Lincoln Memorial for the famous open air concert - heard on radios across America. Read the quote above again.