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Marion Anderson was born in Febuary 27,1897 in Philadelphia. Since marion was a black girl she wasent treated the same as whites so she cleaned to keep her family out of poverty.Marion loved to sing every since she could talk. She sung everything. She joined her church choir at the age of six.She lived with her Mom, Dad and 3 sisters which she was the oldest of them all.Marion's dad worked as a loader at the Reading Teramnal Market. He suffered a head wound one day from his job and died shortley after. Marion and her mom and sisters moved in to her dads parents (grandpa and grandmas) house and Marions mom found work cleaning,doing laundry and scrubbing floors.Marion had a big dream of singing but she never thought that the color of her skin would interfear.

One day Marion decided she wanted to apply for a local music school. She waited for hours and hours till every student was done and finally they said she was able to apply but the told her no beacuse of the color of her skin. Marion was upset about the schools rude judgement but she never gave up.Marions singing career started quite early at there local baptist church. She sang everything. She joned the junior choir at age 6 and shortly after was nick named, The Baby Contralto. When she was eight years old she got a piano and taught her self how to play.

Marion sang all the time. When she was 13 years of nage she joined the senior choir and started visitng other churches. She became so popular that she would sometimes perfome at three different churches in on night! One night she decided to charge people 5 dollars a performance. In 1919, at the age of 22 she sang at the national baptist convention. Marion won many awards and she entered many cometions. One competion she was cpompeting against 300 other people! She sang with orchestras and she come up to 100 dollars a night.One night she took a huge step and sang at the town hall but the critics said her voice was bad.