Postal Bulletin 22144 - December 23, 2004 - USPS.com

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26 POSTAL BULLETIN 22144 (12-23-04) Black History Month/Marian Anderson Community Relations Publicity Kit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [INSERT DATE] SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE Contact: [INSERT YOUR NAME] [INSERT YOUR PHONE NUMBER] Internet: www.usps.com BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION IN [INSERT CITY] FEATURES AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY ON STAMPS World Renowned Classical Performer Marian Anderson Featured on New Postage Stamp [INSERT YOUR CITY, STATE] — As part of Black History Month, the U.S. Postal Service and [INSERT NAME OF GROUP OR ORGANIZATION(S)] will join together to pay homage to Marian Anderson, the 2005 honoree in the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage commemorative stamp series. [CHANGE TO REFLECT WHO YOUR PARTICIPANTS ARE] Marian Anderson, renowned classical singer and civil rights activist, [will become/became] the 28th American honored in the long-running Black Heritage commemorative stamp series. The achievements of operatic and concert star Marian Anderson [WILL BE/WAS] commemorated on a postage stamp issued on Jan. 27, 2005. Anderson was victimized by racism in 1939 when the Daughters of the Americans Revolution (DAR) refused to make its Washington, DC, Constitution Hall available due to a “white artists only” policy. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who witnessed Anderson’s performance at the White House dinner, left the DAR and made arrangements for Anderson to perform before an audience of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial. Anderson later participated in the March on Washington in 1963 to again perform at the Lincoln Memorial. The celebration comes to [INSERT CITY] with a special ceremony scheduled for [INSERT EXACT TIME OF EVENT] on [INSERT DATE] at the [INSERT NAME OF POST OFFICE, LIBRARY, SCHOOL, MUSEUM, ETC. WHERE EVENT IS HELD]. [INSERT EVENT AGENDA] [INSERT QUOTE FROM USPS UNVEILING OFFICIAL] [INSERT QUOTE FROM ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL YOU ARE WORKING WITH] [FEEL FREE TO USE THE FOLLOWING BACKROUND INFORMATION AND CUSTOMIZE] [FOR INSERTION INTO YOUR RELEASE] Anderson joins 27 other honorees in the Postal Service’s Black Heritage commemorative stamp series, which salutes outstanding African-American activists, theorists, writers, educators, and leaders. Other notable Americans in the series include Harriet Tubman; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Benjamin Banneker; Jackie Robinson; Carter G. Woodson; Mary McLeod Bethune; W.E.B. Du Bois; Bessie Coleman; Ernest E. Just; Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.; Madam C.J. Walker; Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz); Patricia Roberts Harris; Roy Wilkins; Langston Hughes; Thurgood Marshall and Paul Robeson. Anderson was born February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia, PA. Recognizing her talent for music and her need to study with professional teachers, members of her community raised funds for her musical training.
POSTAL BULLETIN 22144 (12-23-04) 27 Community Relations Publicity Kit Black History Month/Marian Anderson In that era, American classical musicians rose in professional stature at home by studying and performing in Europe. Anderson made her first journey to Europe in late October of 1927. In 1930, she was awarded a fellowship that allowed her to study in Berlin. Her time abroad was immensely important to her emotional and artistic growth, enabling her to deepen her understanding of the languages she sang, to make professional connections, and to escape many of the constraints of Black life in America. After American producer Sol Hurok heard Anderson sing in Paris, he began to represent her in the United States, where his business practices effectively made her the equal of white concert artists. On December 30, 1935, he presented Anderson at Town Hall in New York. The concert was a grand success and a New York Times critic hailed Anderson as “one of the great singers of our time.” Aware of Anderson’s growing reputation, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt invited her to sing for guests at a White House dinner party in 1936. Eleanor Roosevelt subsequently praised Anderson’s performance in a newspaper column. Three years later, Mrs. Roosevelt again wrote in connection to Anderson after a group to which she belonged, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), refused to make its Washington venue, Constitution Hall, available for Anderson’s Easter concert due to a “white artist only” policy. The First Lady left the group, and on Easter Sunday 1939, Anderson gave a historic and highly symbolic performance outdoors before 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial. She presented a varied repertoire, including “America,” Schubert’s “Ave Maria,” and a group of spirituals. Her performance was broadcast on radio nationwide. Anderson became the first Black singer to appear on the stage of New York’s Metropolitan Opera when in January 1955 she sang the role of the sorceress Ulrica in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschere.” The following year, she published a successful autobiography, My Lord, What a Morning. As she neared the twilight of her musical career, Anderson became more active in politics. She performed at an inaugural ceremony for President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second term and for the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. The State Department named her a goodwill ambassador to Asia; in 1958, she was appointed a delegate to the thirteenth session of the United Nations. At the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963, Anderson again sang at the Lincoln Memorial. The following December, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Anderson won the United Nations Peace Prize in 1977, and her 75th birthday was marked by a gala concert at Carnegie Hall, where she received New York City’s Handel Medallion and a congressional resolution of congratulations delivered by First Lady Rosalyn Carter. Many more honors were bestowed upon Anderson including the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, and in 1991, she received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement. Anderson died April 8, 1993, in Portland, OR, where she had moved to be with her nephew. # # #
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