Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything
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