Flip to Marian Anderson with Kosti Vehanen a the Salzburg Festival, Salzburg, Austria, 1935.Close Window
Credit: Marian Anderson Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
The oldest of three daughters, Marian Anderson began her singing career in Philadelphia's Union Baptist Church. Anderson built her skills and reputation singing for black audiences before 1935, when she beat 300 rivals in the Lewisohn Stadium competition in New York City.
