[Folk Music]
- In the summer of 1919, Marian
Anderson traveled to Chicago
for a six week opera course.
She's coming from Philadelphia
to Chicago, during a time
of unrest in the city.
- What you have is a growing
Black population and there's
tensions between
the Black population
and the white population. -
An African American young man
had floated in the
lake to the wrong side.
They threw a rock and
hit him, and he died.
It was a race riot. - When
she sang "The Crucifixion"
in the 1950s, you could hear
the memories of the South
and the riots of 1919.
♪ They crucified ♪
♪ my Lord ♪
♪ And he never said ♪
♪ a mumblin' word ♪
♪ They crucified ♪
♪ my Lord ♪
♪ And he never said ♪
♪ a mumblin' word ♪
♪ Not a word ♪
♪ Not a word ♪
♪ He bowed his head ♪
♪ and died ♪
♪ And he never said ♪
♪ a mumblin' word ♪
♪ Not a word ♪
♪ Not a word ♪
♪ Not a word ♪
(piano music)