<span> Marian Anderson was 42 when she sang her legendary open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial on 9 April 1939.
2.
Anderson was a famous contralto of the day, and the concert was
arranged after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let
her perform at Constitution Hall because she was black
3. (First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR in protest and helped arrange the concert at the Lincoln Memorial.)
4. Anderson was the aunt of Oregon Symphony conductor James DePriest
5.
On January 7, 1955, Anderson broke the color barrier by becoming the
first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera.
6.
In 1958 she was officially designated delegate to the United Nations, a
formalization of her role as "goodwill ambassador" of the U.S. she
played earlier, and in 1972 she was awarded the UN Peace Prize.
7.
On January 27, 2005, a commemorative U.S. postage stamp honored Marian
Anderson as part of the Black Heritage series. Anderson is also pictured
on the US$5,000 Series I United States Savings Bond</span>
Answer:
What do you mean?
When someone say shut up they mean you to stop talking
Answer:
Written in 1883, the poem helped to shape the popular idea of the Statue of Liberty as a welcoming mother, and of America as the great nation of immigrants. This view was helped by the fact that the Statue was the first great US landmark that immigrants arriving in the United States would see
Explanation:
A comic relief refers to a humorous pause within a serious drama, most especially in a tragedy. This is used to relieve the audience from the serious atmosphere. In other words, it allows them to “breathe” from the intensity of the play. In the dialogue, Capulet asked the servant to hire cooks for the gala wedding reception but the servant joked instead, as mentioned, “You shall have none ill, sir; for I’ll try if they can lick their fingers.” In this line, the servant meant to have little fun but the joke can be considered an observation for what Capulet is doing who would not like being treated the way he is treating Juliet. Despite the seriousness of the play, Shakespeare was still able to add a little humor to hidden meanings.
