ADAM: WORTH POSTING? This Martin Luther King Day, pause to remember how far we've all come, and where we've yet to go: When the internationally acclaimed American contralto Marian Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. on Easter Sunday, 1939, she was denied use of Constitution Hall because she was black.
Christopher Purdy is Classical 101's early morning host, 7-10 a.m. weekdays. He is host and producer of Front Row Center – Classical 101’s weekly celebration of Opera and more – as well as Music in Mid-Ohio, Concerts at Ohio State, and the Columbus Symphony broadcast series. He is the regular pre-concert speaker for Columbus Symphony performances in the Ohio Theater.