00:01She was the first African-American to make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera.
00:05She was pursued by nobility and aristocracy.
00:09She enjoyed the life of a diva.
00:16Marian Anderson was the first African-American artist to be signed by RCA Victor.
00:22She was performing in Europe for kings and queens,
00:25and she would come back home to her own country and have to sit at the back of the train.
00:30In response, she stood flat-footed, and she sang.
00:36Easter Sunday, April 9th, 1939.
00:41There was a multitude such in your wildest imagination.
00:46Even though we may not be able to articulate why that person's voice moves us so much,
00:51because it's speaking to so many different parts of who we are,
00:54that's what her voice had, this incredible power in it to stop a nation.
01:00To be continued...
01:04Do you think you can imagine that you should be?
01:06Or do you think you just say you made a difference?
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