Fact #109235
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When Marian Anderson plays a concert in Richmond, Virginia, USA, the event is picketed by the NAACP (National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People) because it is taking place in a segregated theater. Duke Ellington, due to play the same venue shortly after, cancels his concert rather than be picketed. In a letter to DownBeat magazine, he angrily states, "Nobody wants to cross a picket line and get hurt; it just isn