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Black History Month
Marion Anderson Rose in Stature in Europe
Marian Ander
son was consid
ered one of the
greatest singers
in U.S. history.
Escaped
constraints
of black life
in America
enabling her to deepen her under
standing o f the languages she sang,
to m ake professional connections,
and to escape m any o f the co n
straints o f black life in A m erica.
A fter A m e ri
can producer Sol
H u ro k
h ea rd
A nderson sing in
Paris, he began to
M arian A nderson w as bom Feb. represent her in
27,1897, in Philadelphia. Recogniz the U nited States,
ing her talent for m usic and her w here his b u si
need to study with professional ness practices e f
teachers, m em bers o f her com m u f e c tiv e ly m a d e
nity raised funds for her musical her the equal o f
training.
w hite concert art
In that era, A m erican classical ists. O n Dec. 30,
m usicians rose in professional stat 1 9 3 5 , h e p r e
ure at hom e by studying and per sented A nderson at Tow n H all in
form ing in Europe. A nderson made N ew York. The concert w as a grand
her first jo u rn ey to Europe in late success and a N ew York T im es
O ctober o f 1927. In 1930, she was critic hailed A nderson as “one o f
aw arded a fellow ship that allow ed the great singers o f our tim e.”
her to study in Berlin. H er tim e
A w are o f A nderson’s grow ing
abroad w as im m ensely im portant re p u ta tio n . P re sid e n t F ra n k lin
to herem otional and artistic growth. D elano Roosevelt invited her to
sing for guests at a W hite H ouse
d in n e rp a rty in 1936.
A nderson becam e the first black
singer to ap p ear on the stage o f
N ew Y o rk ’s M etropolitan O pera
w hen in January
1955 she sang
the role o f the
sorceress Ulrica
in V erdi’s “Un
B a llo
in
M aschere.” The
follow ing year,
she published a
successful auto
biography, “My
L o rd , W h a t a
M o rn in g .”
As she neared
the tw ilight o f her m usical career,
A nderson becam e m ore active in
politics. She perform ed at an inau
gural ceremony for President Dw ight
D. E isenhow er’s second term and
for the inauguration o f President
John F. Kennedy. The State D epart
ment nam ed her a goodw ill am bas
President
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt invited
her to sing for
guests at a White
House dinner party
in 1936.
g
sador to Asia; in 1958, she was ap
pointed a delegate to the 13th ses
sion o f the United Nations.
At the historic M arch on W ash
ington for Jobs and Freedom in
A ugust 1963, A nderson again sang
at the Lincoln Memorial. The follow
ing D ecem ber, she was aw arded the
Presidential M edal o f Freedom .
A nderson won the U nited N a
tions Peace Prize in 1977, and her
75th birthday was m arked by a gala
concert at Carnegie Hall, w here she
received N ew York C ity ’s H andel
M edallion and a congressional reso
lution o f congratulations delivered
by First Lady Rosalyn Carter. M any
more honors were bestow ed upon
A nderson including the E leanor
Roosevelt H um an Rights A w ard,
and in 1991, she received a G ram m y
Award for Lifetim e A chievem ent.
A nderson died April 8, 1993, in
Portland, w here she had m oved to
be with her nephew Jam es De Priest,
Oregon Sym phony C onductor L au
reate.
New Stamp Honors Famed Opera Singer
Pioneering Banker Dies
He later graduated from the P ort
land School o f M usic and obtained
State Bank was to offer o pportu a real estate license in 1964. Booker
nities for m inorities to w ork and w as also a m em ber o f the M oose
obtain financing in the banking Lodge in C am as, W ash.
industry, som ething that w asn ’t
Beyond his w orkaholic nature,
com m on in the 1970s. He believed B ooker w as an avid fan o f disco
in tra d itio n a l b u sin e ss e th ic , dancing with his w ife on Saturday
where each client was treated with nights.
the utm ost im portance and es
Booker is survived by his w ife,
teem. B ooker ran A m erican State Susan; m other-in-law Lily; three
Bank for 32 years, w hen he sold daughters, Amy, April and Cheryl;
his assets to A lbina C om m unity one son M ichael; daughter-in-law ,
Bank in 2000.
Rose and sons-in-law Ehrin and
Before his banking career, he John. A memorial service was held
served in W orld W ar II w ith the on Feb. 4 in the G atew ay C hapel o f
U.S. Army in England and France. the Chim es.
con tin u ed
fro m F ront
T he U.S. Postal Service c e l attention on her, particularly her
ebrates Black History M onth with artistry,” he said.
the M arian A nderson stam p, the
D eP reist lik en ed A n d e rso n ’s
28th in the Black H eritage co m success to that o f Jackie Robinson,
m em orative stam p series.
the first black m ajor league baseball
Fam ed for her contralto voice, player.
A nderson was honored during first-
“ W hen h isto ry co llid es w ith
day-of-issue cerem onies in DAR w hat you ju st w ant to do, your
C onstitution Hall, the W ashington career, then w hat happens depends
venue w here the singer w as once on how m uch grace resides within
denied a chance to perform because you,” he said. “It w as the com bina
o f her skin color.
tion o f talent and grace that en
Form er Oregon Sym phony C on abled both Jackie and, in the case o f
ductor Jam es DePreist, A nderson’s my aunt, not only to be able to
nephew attended the cerem ony.
handle obstacles, but to be able to
"T here is no one m ore richly handle them in such a w ay they
deserving o f such an honor,” corn- becam e inspirations.
men ted De Pre i st, c u rre nt 1 y d i rector
"The pow er o f my aunt resided
o f c o n d u c tin g at T h e Ju llia rd in the pow er o f her art," D ePreist
School in N ew York.
concluded.
“ I hope that it will give an oppor
The initial snub at C onstitutional
tunity for there to be a focus o f Hall in 1939caused first lady Eleanor
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Marian Anderson, illustrated in
this new U.S. Postal stamp,
was James DePreist's aunt.
Roosevelt to resign from the D augh
ters o f the A m erican R evolution
and to arrange fo r A nderson to
perform before thousands at the
Lincoln M em orial.
In later years A nderson d id per
form at the venue, including a 1942
concert to aid W orld W ar II relief
efforts, and she began her farew ell
tour there in 1964.
The 37-cent stam p show s an oil
painting o f A nderson by A lbert
Slark o f A jax, O ntario, C anada,
based on a black-and-w hite photo
graph believed to have been m ade
by M oise Benkow in Stockholm in
the mid-1930s.
Deputy Postm aster General John
M. N olan called the stam p "a po w
erful rem inder o f her unprecedented
contribution to m usic and to her
great sacrifice for ju stice .”
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