Freedman, Russell.

The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights / by Russell Freedman. - New York : Clarion Books, c2004. - 114 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-103), 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."

0618159762

2003019558


Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 --Juvenile literature.
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.


Newbery Honor book--2005
Robert F. Sibert Medal--2005


Contraltos--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American singers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Civil rights--Juvenile literature.
Singers.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.

ML3930.A5 / F73 2004

782.1/092 B