“When I hear Marian Anderson sing, I am a STUFFless kind of thing, Heart is like the flying air, I cannot find it anywhere. Fingers tingle. I am cold And warm and young and very old. But, most, I am a STUFFless thing When I hear Marian Anderson sing.” PoetryMusicPoemSingersAfrican AmericansBlacksMarian AndersonVocalists Book:Bronzeville Boys and Girls: A Picture Book of Classic Poetry About Urban Life and Childhood for Kids Source: Bronzeville Boys and Girls: A Picture Book of Classic Poetry About Urban Life and Childhood for Kids
“We helped plow the fields, build the dams, write the poems and sing the music of America. Are not all Americans proud, of Doree Miller, of Frederick Douglass, of Paul Robeson, of Joe Louis, of Marian Anderson” AmericaMusicAmerican MusicFrederick DouglassPaul RobesonMarian Anderson Book:Why I Left America and Other Essays Source: Why I Left America and Other Essays