Editing Marian Anderson (section)

=== American tours ===
In 1934, [[impresario]] [[Sol Hurok]] offered Anderson a better contract than she had with Arthur Judson previously. He became her manager and persuaded her to return to America to perform.{{sfn|Keiler|2000|page=159}} In 1935, Anderson made her second recital appearance at [[The Town Hall (New York City)|The Town Hall]], New York City, which received highly favorable reviews from music critics.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ferris|first=Jeri|title=What I Had Was Singing – The Story of Marian Anderson|publisher=[[Carolrhoda Books]]|year=1994|isbn=978-0-7613-5837-4|oclc=883266758}}{{page needed|date=February 2019}}</ref> She spent the next four years touring throughout the United States and Europe. She was offered opera roles by several European houses, but Anderson declined all of them due to her lack of acting experience. She did, however, record a number of arias in the studio, which became bestsellers.<ref name="Grove" />

Anderson's accomplishments as a singer did not make her immune to the [[Jim Crow laws]] in the 1930s. Although she gave approximately seventy recitals a year in the United States, Anderson was still turned away by some American hotels and restaurants. In the midst of this discrimination, [[Albert Einstein]], a champion of racial tolerance, hosted Anderson on many occasions, the first being in 1937 when she was denied a hotel room while performing at [[Princeton University]].<ref>Alicia Ault. "How Marian Anderson Became an Iconic Symbol for Equality." Smithsonian Magazine. August 14, 2019.  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-marian-anderson-became-iconic-symbol-equality-180972898/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130093136/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-marian-anderson-became-iconic-symbol-equality-180972898/ |date=January 30, 2022 }}</ref> Einstein's first hosting of Anderson became the subject of a play, "My Lord, What a Night", in 2021.<ref>Brenda C. Siler. When Marian Anderson Spent a Night With Albert Einstein. The Washington Informer. October 13, 2021.https://www.washingtoninformer.com/when-marian-anderson-spent-a-night-with-albert-einstein/</ref> She last stayed with him months before he died in 1955.<ref>Walter Isaacson, ''Einstein: His Life and Universe'', Simon & Schuster, 2007, p. 445.</ref><ref>{{YouTube|id=WVXCzVONbnU#t=4585|title=Mythos Einstein Leben und Werk eines Rebellen}}, [[Arte]], [https://programm.ard.de/TV/Untertitel/Nach-Rubriken/Dokus--Reportagen/Alle-Dokus/?sendung=2872416108155113 documentary, Germany 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402001147/https://programm.ard.de/TV/Untertitel/Nach-Rubriken/Dokus--Reportagen/Alle-Dokus/?sendung=2872416108155113 |date=April 2, 2019 }}</ref>