Item details: The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights - 30489903

The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights

text The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights

Freedman, Russell.

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 stor... Read more

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."

Format: text

Description: 114 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Publisher: Clarion Books 2004

Library	Location	Status
Fife Lake Public Library	J 921 AND in Juvenile	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-FLPL	J 921 AND in Juvenile	Available

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Anderson, Marian 1897-1993 Juvenile literature Contraltos United States Biography Juvenile literature African American singers Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Civil rights Juvenile literature Anderson, Marian 1897-1993 Singers African Americans Biography Women Biography

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