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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2004.Description: 114 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0547480342
Other title:
  • Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.1/092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • ML3930.A5 F73 2004
Contents:
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."
Awards:
  • Newbery Medal/Honor, 2005
Summary: 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.
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Unknown Beverly Middle School 92 ANDERSON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 703720

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

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.

8.2.

5-8 Follett Library Resources.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.2 3.0 78566.

Newbery Medal/Honor, 2005