TRANSCRIPT
[Folk Music] - In the summer of 1919, Marian Anderson traveled to Chicago for a six week opera course. She's coming from Philadelphia to Chicago, during a time of unrest in the city.
- What you have is a growing Black population and there's tensions between the Black population and the white population. - An African American young man had floated in the lake to the wrong side.
They threw a rock and hit him, and he died.
It was a race riot. - When she sang 'The Crucifixion' in the 1950s, you could hear the memories of the South and the riots of 1919.
♪ They crucified ♪ ♪ my Lord ♪ ♪ And he never said ♪ ♪ a mumblin' word ♪ ♪ They crucified ♪ ♪ my Lord ♪ ♪ And he never said ♪ ♪ a mumblin' word ♪ ♪ Not a word ♪ ♪ Not a word ♪ ♪ He bowed his head ♪ ♪ and died ♪ ♪ And he never said ♪ ♪ a mumblin' word ♪ ♪ Not a word ♪ ♪ Not a word ♪ ♪ Not a word ♪ (piano music)