TY - BOOK AU - Freedman,Russell TI - The voice that challenged a nation: Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights SN - 0547480342 AV - ML3930.A5 F73 2004 U1 - 782.1/092B 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Boston PB - Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KW - Anderson, Marian, KW - Singers KW - Biography KW - sears KW - African Americans KW - Women KW - Civil rights N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-103), discography (p. 105-106), and index; 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."; 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; 8.2; 5-8; Follett Library Resources; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 8.2; 3.0; 78566 N2 - 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 ER -