SOUL SISTERS by Emile Henwood

 SOUL SISTERS


As history will have it, it’s not a coincidence that God created the embryo of Anna Mae Bullock (later known as Tina Turner) just six weeks before He likely infused it into her soul on April 9, 1939. That day also marks the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Era when the great Marian Anderson sang her historic solo protest concert from the steps of The Lincoln Memorial to Washington’s first-ever integrated crowd of 75,000 people, on the National Mall. Historians view this event as not only the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Era but also the first outdoor concert ever conducted in our Nation’s Capital.

Although she was not a fighter, protester, or activist, Marian Anderson’s God-given talent, persistence, courage, and timing placed her at the forefront of the civil-rights history of our country. Being the first to break through incredible racial barriers everywhere she went, she indeed moved the clock ahead by at least ten to fifteen years for all of today’s black entertainers since, who owe a large degree of their business success in music, recording, acting, TV, and entertainment careers directly to what Marian did for them eighty-four years ago on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Thank God for Marian and Tina, and God rest their souls.

Emile Henwood, Author

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