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Marian Anderson and the Concert That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

“A voice like yours is heard only once in a hundred years.” — Arturo Toscanini to the American contralto Marian Anderson Born in Philadelphia in 1897, Marian...

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December 01, 2009

"Barack, you've got to be Abraham Lincoln tomorrow night. You've got to tell the story beautifully, truthfully, honestly and bravely."

- SIMON SCHAMA,historian, in advance of President Obama's speech on Afghanistan at military academy West Point on Tuesday night
May 06, 2009

"Why should we question whether or not he had a disease? What's it going to prove?"

- ERIC SCHMINCKE,board president of a library that has a blood-stained pillow Abraham Lincoln used as he lay dying. A California doctor theorizes that Lincoln may have been dying of a genetic disease before he was killed and has requested a blood sample for DNA testing
November 05, 2007

"I would at this time venture to read out an excerpt of President Abraham Lincoln, especially to all my listeners in the United States. "

- Gen. PERVEZ MUSHARRAFPakistan's President, comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln before explaining his decision to suspend his country's Constitution

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