Giant of Philadelphia - Marian Anderson
At the Union Baptist Church at Fitzwater and Martin streets in South Philadelphia, they taught Marian Anderson how to pray on her knees. As it turned out, the young Marian would have to spend a lot time on her knees.
When her father and grandfather passed away, Marian was forced to forego her education to help support her family. Both Marian and her mother had to take on any work they could find. For Marian, that meant scrubbing a lot of floors – on her knees.
Most of us wouldn’t find much joy in that – or certainly anything to sing about. And a lot of us would lose our dignity. But Marian Anderson wasn’t like most of us. And not by a little bit.
It was while on her knees - on those dirty floors - that Marian Anderson taught herself to lift up the songs in her heart and the dreams of her soul. And big songs and big dreams they were.
They were “Giant” size.
Read the rest of the story here:
http://www.theprideofphiladelphia.com/theheartsofagiant/mariananderson.html
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