Truly, history’s most famous concert is a matter for debate. But the performance of Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial on April 9 of 1939 was memorable for a host of reasons. Anderson, a world-famous contralto, sang before an audience estimated at 75,000 on Easter Sunday that year. It’s a performance still remembered today. What […]
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The Connally Resolution Approved by the US Senate
It’s a fair bet that most of my readers have no idea what the Connally Resolution was or did. At least, not by that name. On November 5 of 1943, the US Senate approved the Connally Resolution, sponsored by Tom Connally of Texas, a five-sentence document. The fourth sentence read as follows: “That the Senate […]