Freedman, Russell. <br/><br/>
The voice that challenged a nation :  Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights / 
 Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights 
by Russell Freedman. 
 - Boston :  Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,  c2004. 
 - 114 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-103), discography (p. 105-106), and index. 
<br/><br/>Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 -- Twenty-five cents a song -- A voice in a thousand -- Marian fever -- Banned by the DAR -- Singing to the nation -- Breaking barriers -- "What I had was singing." 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Children, October 2010  School Library Journal starred, July 2004  Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2005  Horn Book Starred, May 2004  Pub Weekly, March 2004  Kirkus Starred, April 2004  Booklist, June 2004  Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2004  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004 
<br/><br/> Tells the life story of singer Marian Anderson, describing her famous 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance and explaining how she helped end segregation in the American arts after being refused the right to perform at Washington's Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin. 
<br/><br/> 8.2.  5-8  Follett Library Resources. 
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<br/><br/> Newbery Medal/Honor, 2005 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0547480342 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Singers--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Biography.<br/>Women--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Civil rights.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3930.A5  / F73 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>782.1/092  B