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The Bonus Brigade in 1932. The movement garnered broad public support, and Hoover's ill-advised response to their protest helped ensure his loss in the 1932 election. (Public Domain) On this day in 1932, a well-disciplined mass of 43,000 protestors - American veterans of WWI and their families - descended on the US Capitol building in…
Marian Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939. Anderson, an incredibly humble and soft-spoken performer, became the focal point of a much larger American reaction to lingering racist attitudes. (Smithsonian Magazine) On this day in 1939, Marian Anderson - a classical vocalist from Philadelphia - sang for a massive crowd at the Lincoln Memorial…
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