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Friday marks the 129th birthday of Marian Anderson, a Philadelphia native singer and Black musical icon. In 2023, Carol J. Oja joined us for a talk titled "Marian Anderson and Jim Crow Segregation in Classical Music Performance." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToyK...
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