'Of thee I sing:' A tribute to a 20th-century great by Newsdesk

Instagram photo by PBS NewsHour reporter and producer Joshua Barajas Sky Jabali-Rainey, a 4th-grade student from Washington, D.C., dressed as contralto Marian Anderson Wednesday for an event commemorating the African-American singer’s April 9, 1939, performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Anderson had been invited to sing in Washington 75 years ago by Howard University. With a large audience expected…

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