she was marian anderson's first men ty. you will be playing live music for us and throughout the day today, if you want to catch that, which check it out from 10:00 to 5:00. admission at a special discounted price. >> thank you, anita. >>> again marian anderson's 119th birthday is today at the historical, 762 south martin street in philadelphia. special performances and food as well as art facts and gowns will be on display from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and there's a special birthday admission price of one dollar. you can find out more information by going to our website cbsphilly.com. >>> still ahead on eyewitness "eyewitness news", the outside looks like an ordinary house, inside it's a celebration for black history month. how young african-american women can be inspired when they walk through the door. >>> a flyers legend getting botox but for bernie parent, it's not for cosmetic reasons, why he says the injections are necessary and interesting before and after pictures. >>> it is pretty obvious this canine loves his part

this is actually marian anderson's original home bought back in 1924 for $4,000. what you're looking at is actually heroism dresses, the ones she wore during her performances, during banquets. and if you look over here, this is actually her wedding dress that she wore. so there is so much history to be preserved here and the organizers are very adamant about preserving all of these dresses, all this history. and this basement actually, this is the bottom floor of this three-story home. this is where marian held dinner parties for over famous artist like duke jelling ton, louie armstrong. these have so many different styles that you can see. and the organizers say this is oh important because marian was not only a talented singer, she was so kind and such a trailblazer during the 1920's, 30's, 40's. she was the first african-american artist to sing at the white house in the new york metropolitan opera. really, just so much history here. so many important details that these organizers want to tell you about today. so if your interested in coming to check this out, t

long to have the first speaker in 1962, you could've had jackie robinson, thurgood marshall, marian anderson, the list goes on and on. booker t washington. then you realize, they did not invite the first woman to the press club until 1971. and nikita khrushchev made that happen. so, we have come a long way and the person who has watched that journey is simeon booker. simeon booker, ladies and gentlemen, if you do not know, jet magazine would not be jet magazine without simeon booker and his piece. [applause] joe: and his wife, carol, is right beside him and let's give her a round of applause. [applause] joe: now, first of all thank you for being here. let's get to this, you were on the committee that actually decided to invite dr. mlk to be the speaker, to the best of your recollection, what went on in that meeting? what was it like? and carol, you can fill in, because i know you have an extensive paragraph in his autobiography about that meeting, but what you remember, simeon? simeon: [indiscernible] carol: what do you remember about the decision to invite dr. king? he did remember when he

anderson county. snow around black mountain and mount mitchell come up to burnsville. a burst of heavy snow here. this will probably turn into rain as it gets into the foothills of morganton and marian. i will talk more about that in the second. the snow showers continuing along the tennessee line, which is where the best chance for the snow is. towards the tennessee line of the next few hours. an additional inch or two as possible. asheville may see a dusting with the system, because it is moving so quickly. that is a snow event. yesterday was the ice event. if you can call it that. top honors goes to flat rock in henderson county, one half inch of ice on trees and power lines, for chance of an edge in morganton and marian, a quarter of an inch in hendersonville and hickory. all of this was in the foothills of north carolina, as expected. a 10th of an inch of ice at the gsp international airport. just slick roads across the area. heavy rain moved in, iced up the trees and we warmed up nicely. we melted of reading away. 60 at the greenville airport. 57 the average high. three degrees above average, felt nice. 33 below the asheville airport, warming up quickly to 50, close to where i