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I had gone to Europe . . . to reach for a place as a serious artist, but I never doubted that I must return. I was - and am - an American.

Marian Anderson

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Marian Anderson
Age: 96 †
Born: 1897
Born: February 27
Died: 1993
Died: April 8
Musician
Opera Singer
Singer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Doubt
Gone
American
Artist
Doubted
Place
Reach
Must
Europe
Never
Return
Serious

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