February is Black History Month. There are some people who resent that, "Why not Irish History or Italian History Month?" they might ask. Some Americans deserve an "F" in American History.
Here is Marian Anderson singing, My Lord, What A Morning, a 19th century African American Spiritual. The message of the hymn is: Each day, this day, is a beautiful gift from God, but in the end, all things are passing.
Here is Marian Anderson singing, My Lord, What A Morning, a 19th century African American Spiritual. The message of the hymn is: Each day, this day, is a beautiful gift from God, but in the end, all things are passing.
Marian Anderson was an acclaimed American singer whose performance at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday 1939, helped set the stage for the civil rights era. She was born February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia and died in Portland, Oregon, April 8, 1993. Her voice has been described as a "...rich vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty."
While Marian Anderson performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1928, the 1939 invitation to sing at the Lincoln Memorial was extended by Eleanor Roosevelt when she learned the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) had blocked her singing at the Washington D.C. Constitution Hall. Racism is the nation's original sin.
While Marian Anderson performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1928, the 1939 invitation to sing at the Lincoln Memorial was extended by Eleanor Roosevelt when she learned the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) had blocked her singing at the Washington D.C. Constitution Hall. Racism is the nation's original sin.
Marian Anderson sang at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration, and in 1991 she was given a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
My hope is that after listening to this lovely hymn, you might listen again, and that you might find yourself singing it throughout the day. May our song bring some healing to our nation.
