Is this what Gary in Berkeley was referring to? Copied from the internet story @ http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/family/mariananderson/woman.html "In 1939, Howard University sought to bring her to perform at Constitution Hall. The request was denied by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), who owned the Hall, because she was black. Eleanor Roosevelt, who sat on the board of the DAR, resigned her membership in protest over this decision and other prominent women followed suit." Richard Williamson Tucson, AZ