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Author Freedman, Russell.

Title The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights / by Russell Freedman.

Publication Info. New York : Clarion Books, [2004]
©2004
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1305020~S1
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 Nichols Juvenile Biography  J BIO ANDERSON    AVAILABLE
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Description 114 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary In the mid-1930s, Marian Anderson was a famed vocalist who had been applauded by European royalty and welcomed at the White House. But, because of her race, she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. This is the story of her resulting involvement in the civil rights movement of the time.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-103) and index.
Discography: pages 105-106.
Contents Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 -- Twenty-five cents a song -- A voice in a thousand four: Marian fever -- Banned by the DAR -- Singing to the nation -- Breaking barriers -- "What I had was singing."
Audience 1180L Lexile
Note 1180L Lexile
Accelerated Reader MG 8.2 3 78566
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 8.2 3 78566
Subject Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 -- Juvenile literature.
Contraltos -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American singers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature.
Singers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Singers -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 0618159762
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