There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right
In 1939
- Marian Anderson performs for 65,000 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after she is refused admission to the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitutional Hall
In 1950
- Juanita Hall becomes the first African American to win a Tony award for her role as Bloody Mary in the musical South Pacific