The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights / by Russell Freedman.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2004.Description: 114 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 0547480342
- Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights
- 782.1/092 B 22
- ML3930.A5 F73 2004
- Newbery Medal/Honor, 2005
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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