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Feb 2018
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Ep. 18: Music! Marian Anderson, The Grea...

Mick Sullivan
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Episode 18 of the most engaging history podcast for kids! Did the invention of the record player make an opera singer named Enrique Caruso the first superstar of music? It might just have. What did Marian Anderson do when she was denied the stage at a theatre because of the color of her skin? She found a bigger audience and a bigger stage. Featuring the v ... Show More
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