In 1939 singer Marian Anderson, offered an historic free concert at the Lincoln Memorial after Constitution Hall—citing its “whites only” policy—refused to allow her to perform.
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FDR (with support of Eleanor) personally authorized Dept of Interior to approve the concert.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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