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This Week In Good Black News: Rihanna, A$AP Rocky in Fenty Film; Beyoncé Tops Billboard 100 With "Texas Hold Em"; Russell Westbrook to Build Affordable Housing in LA

Plus, the Philadelphia Orchestra renames its concert hall after legendary singer Marian Anderson.
03/01/2024

Marian Anderson's Concert Dress Goes on View in DC

The Smithsonian will display the orange and black dress.
04/09/2014
1961 – John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration

This Day in Black History: April 9, 1939

Marian Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial.
04/09/2014

This Day in Black History: April 8, 1993

Marian Anderson dies from congestive heart failure.
04/08/2014
1961 – John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration

This Day in Black History: Dec. 2, 1978

Marian Anderson was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor.
12/02/2013
Martin Luther King Jr.

Women of The March on Washington

13 Photos

This Day in Black History: Feb. 27, 1897

Singer Marian Anderson is born.
02/27/2013
1865 - Abraham Lincoln's Inauguration

The History of African-Americans in Presidential Inaugurations

11 Photos

This Day in Black History: Jan. 7, 1955

Marian Anderson appeared in Verdi's Masked Ball at the Met.
01/07/2013