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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

After five years of renovations and restorations from a 2020 flood, the Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society reopened its doors to the public Saturday with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

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 ...