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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Alisha Jones looked up to Marian Anderson not only as a vocalist, but as a Black woman.
Anderson was breaking down barriers in the 1920s and ’30s, often being the only woman of color at events.
Singer Marian Anderson signs a contract with Metropolitan Opera representative Rudolf Bing, right, in 1954. She was the first Black performer to sing leading roles for the Met. Anderson’s manager, Sol Hurok, is on the left. ( Courtesy of Courtesy Csu Archives/Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)
Her hard-fought journey is chronicled in the American Experience documentary, “Voice of Freedom.” It will air at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, on New Mexico PBS.
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American Experience Voice of FreedomPremieres Monday, February 15, 2021 on PBSFilm Explores the Life and Legacy of Singer Marian Anderson and Her Triumphant 1939 Concert at the Lincoln Memorial
PBS’s acclaimed signature history strand ‘American Experience’ returns this January with a new season of documentaries.
The strand’s 33rd season opens Jan. 11 with
The Codebreaker (produced by Chana Gazit), a portrait of the pioneering cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman, who took down gangsters and Nazis, based on the book
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies.
On Feb. 15,
Voice of Freedom (pictured) profiles the Black singer Marian Anderson and her history-making 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial. The film, produced by Rob Rapley, explores questions about talent, race, fame and democracy.