- Published: New York : Clarion Books, c2004.
- Year Published: 2004
- Description: 114 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 1180
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0618159762 :
Series
Subjects
- Anderson, Marian, -- 1897-1993
- Contraltos -- Biography.
- African American singers -- Biography.
- African Americans -- Civil rights.
- Singers.
- African Americans -- Biography.
- Women -- Biography.
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- Books by Recipients of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
- Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level (Grades 5–8)
- Biographies for Fifth Graders
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YALSA Orbis Pictus Honor 2005 sibert medal winner read_jr marian anderson newbery College Bound 2009 ALA Notable Children's Books 2005 russell freedman 2005 best book for young adults african american singers newbery honor book 2005 2005 sibert medal book Arts and Humanities civil rights newbery honor book african american history
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The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights
by Freedman, Russell.
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Call number: J 921 Anderson, Marian , R Newbery Honor 2005
Available Copies: Downtown Youth, Malletts Youth
Additional Details
Youth level.
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."
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 story of her resulting involvement in the civil rights movement of the time.
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