Review the details below. Marian Anderson was the first black person to perform at New York City's Metropolitan Opera. In 1939, Marian Anderson was refused permission to perform for an integrated audience at Constitution Hall Eleanor Roosevelt lobbied for Marian Anderson to be allowed to perform at the Lincoln Memorial. Choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details. Marian Anderson sang in numerous concert halls all across the United States. Marian Anderson was a talented singer whose career benefited from the patronage of Eleanor Roosevelt. A talented singer, Marian Anderson was also at the center of civil rights issues for black artists.