{"exhibit":{"title":"How did an opera singer impact Civil Rights on the Mall?","description":"
Marian Anderson was a popular opera singer in the 1930s. She was also African American. When she was barred from performing at a segregated concert venue, it set off a firestorm of negative press and led to a debate about segregation in DC. Acting quickly, arrangments were made for her to perform on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The National Mall, and all National Parks, were integrated at this time. Anderson's performance was not only hugely popular, it resulted in the Lincoln Memorial being used as the standard backdrop of Civil Rights protest on the Mall, most famously with the 1963 March on Washington.\u00a0<\/p>","credits":"","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"operasinger","added":"2013-09-16 09:38:37","modified":"2014-09-02 13:56:50","owner_id":6,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null,"id":47},"item":{"item_type_id":12,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2013-09-04 11:58:18","modified":"2015-09-09 12:56:15","owner_id":6,"id":408}}