This two-part episode shares the life story of the famed contralto, Marian Anderson, who not only broke hearts but also racial barriers with her soulful singing. Throughout Marian’s long career as a singer, she went on to perform with some of the most renowned orchestras and musical talents of her time. She also became an important figure in the Civil Rights Movement. In her lifetime, Marian was captured across the mediums by some of the most renowned artists of the 20th century. She was photographed by both Irving Penn and Richard Avedon, painted by Beauford Delaney, William H. Johnson, and Betsy Graves Reyneau, and captured in mosaic by Faith Ringgold.