It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
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
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Today In History
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