Did You Know They Were There? Amazing Photos Of Celebrities Who Fought For Civil Rights

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Marian Anderson

The world-famous contralto and civil rights supporter Marian Anderson is pictured here christening the Booker T. Washington, the first major oceangoing vessel to be named after an African American. Later she would lend her support to Civil Rights by singing He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand at the march.

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