Today, on #OperaDay, we offer an inspirational quote from famous contralto Marian Anderson, who is widely known for giving a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939 after being rejected from performing at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution who wanted her concert there to be segregated. Marian did not play that, and with help from friends in super high places, she took her talents to the people and gave a show for the history books.

To learn more about Anderson, read her 1956 autobiography, My Lord, What a Morning, the book about her landmark performance  ...