Jillian Pirtle made a promise to keep Marian Anderson's legacy alive through the tiny museum house and she's not letting ...

Marian Anderson’s life was filled with moments where she was told “no” because of her race — but that didn’t stop her.

Meet the unsung stewards of Philly's Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society. Plus, how city schools support Muslim ...

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) had a voice that came along "once in a hundred years." When one of Anderson's teachers first heard her sing, the ...

Worshippers gathered Sunday at Tindley Temple United Methodist Church to celebrate the legacy of pioneering opera singer and civil rights leader Marian Anderson. Anderson was a lifelong member of ...

Presentation of Spingarn medal to Marian Anderson by Mrs .Roosevelt, 30th Annual Conference, 1939. Courtesy: Library of Congress Anderson was born in 1897 in South Philadelphia. Hard-working and ...

Five years ago, a burst pipe soaked much of the late singer Marian Anderson's former Philadelphia home, today a museum dedicated to her artistic and civil rights legacy. Gowns, sheets of music and ...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Renovations have been completed to the historic home of opera singer Marian Anderson, who made ...

Jordan Harris, City Council President Kenyatta Johnson, and Jillian Patricia Pirtle participate in the ribbon cutting of the The Marian Anderson Historical Society & Museum in South Philadelphia.