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==Awards and honors== {{ external media|audio1=[https://archive.org/details/BRAHMSAltoRhapsody-NEWTRANSFER Anderson performing] Brahms' ''[[Alto Rhapsody]]'' with [[Pierre Monteux]] conducting the [[San Francisco Symphony]] in 1945}} * 1939: [[NAACP]] [[Spingarn Medal]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=NAACP {{!}} Spingarn Medal Winners: 1915 to today|url=https://www.naacp.org/awards/spingarn-medal/winners/|access-date=September 1, 2020|website=NAACP|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412223842/https://naacp.org/awards/spingarn-medal/winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1963: [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Presidential Medal of Freedom|url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/life-of-john-f-kennedy/fast-facts-john-f-kennedy/presidential-medal-of-freedom|access-date=September 1, 2020|website=John F. Kennedy: Presidential Library and Museum|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805230457/https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/life-of-john-f-kennedy/fast-facts-john-f-kennedy/presidential-medal-of-freedom|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1973: [[University of Pennsylvania]] Glee Club Award of Merit<ref>{{Cite web|title=Penn Glee Club: Awards|url=http://penngleeclub.website/about-us/awards/|access-date=September 1, 2020|website=Penn Glee Club|archive-date=August 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817140839/http://penngleeclub.website/about-us/awards/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1973: [[National Women's Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/marian-anderson/|title=Anderson, Marian|website=National Women's Hall of Fame β Marion Anderson|access-date=November 19, 2018|archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120015137/https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/marian-anderson/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1977: United Nations Peace Prize<ref name="Quindlen-1977">{{Cite news|last=Quindlen|first=Anna|date=February 28, 1977|title=Marian Anderson Honored at 75 by Carnegie Hall Concert|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/28/archives/marian-anderson-honored-at-75-by-carnegie-hall-concert-rosalynn.html|access-date=September 1, 2020|archive-date=September 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908122909/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/28/archives/marian-anderson-honored-at-75-by-carnegie-hall-concert-rosalynn.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1977: New York City β [[Handel Medallion]]<ref name="Quindlen-1977" /> * 1977: [[Congressional Gold Medal]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 8, 1977|title=The Congressional Gold Medal for Singer Marian Anderson|url=https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-Congressional-Gold-Medal-for-singer-Marian-Anderson/|access-date=September 1, 2020|website=United States House of Representative: History, Art & Archives|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928203349/https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-Congressional-Gold-Medal-for-singer-Marian-Anderson/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1978: [[Kennedy Center Honors]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kennedy Center Honors 1978 [Honorees: Fred Astaire, Richard Roders, George Balanchine, Marion Anderson, Arthur Rubenstein] (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=&p=1&item=100561 |website=www.paleycenter.org |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129043619/https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=&p=1&item=100561 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1980: [[United States Treasury Department]] gold commemorative medal<ref>{{cite news |title=Gold Sale: A Modern Gold Rush |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58470951/gold-sale-a-modern-gold-rush/ |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=July 21, 1980 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124202232/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58470951/gold-sale-a-modern-gold-rush/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1984: Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award of the City of New York<ref>{{cite news |title=Eleanor Roosevelt's Human Rights Efforts Remembered with Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58470300/eleanor-roosevelts-human-rights/ |work=Tyler Morning Telegraph |date=July 26, 1984 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201154512/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58470300/eleanor-roosevelts-human-rights/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1986: [[National Medal of Arts]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Marian Anderson |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/marian-anderson |website=NEA |language=en |date=April 9, 2013 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929143308/https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/marian-anderson |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1991: [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/lifetime-achievement-awards |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en |date=October 18, 2010 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=November 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120230905/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/lifetime-achievement-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> * Honorary doctorate from [[Howard University]], [[Temple University]], [[Smith College]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Marian Anderson History {{!}} Marian Anderson Campaign |url=https://www.wcsu.edu/mariananderson/marian-anderson-history/ |website=www.wcsu.edu |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622184546/https://www.wcsu.edu/mariananderson/marian-anderson-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1998: [[American Classical Music Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Anderson, Marian |url=https://classicalwalkoffame.org/view-inductees/?id=4 |website=Classical Music Walk of Fame |access-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401044819/https://classicalwalkoffame.org/view-inductees/?id=4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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