Freedman, Russell. <br/><br/>
The voice that challenged a nation :  Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights / 
 Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights 
by Russell Freedman. 
 - New York :  Clarion Books,  c2004. 
 - 114 p. :  ill ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-103), discography (p. 105-106), and index. 
<br/><br/>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.". 
<br/><br/> School Library Journal starred.  Wilson's Children.  Wilson's Junior High School. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 8.2  Follett Library Resources.  5-8  Follett Library Resources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0618159762 1415599629 9780618159765 9781415599624 (Follett bdg.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003019558 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 --Juvenile literature.<br/>Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. <br/>Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American singers--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>African Americans--Civil rights--Juvenile literature.<br/>Contraltos--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>African Americans--Biography.<br/>Singers.<br/>Women--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Biography.<br/>Singers--Biography.<br/>Women--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3930.A5  / F73 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>782.1/092  B