TY  - BOOK
AU  - Freedman,Russell
TI  - The voice that challenged a nation: Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights 
SN  - 0618159762
AV  - ML3930.A5 F73 2004
U1  - 782.1/092B 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Clarion Books
KW  - Anderson, Marian,
KW  - African American singers
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Contraltos
KW  - United States
KW  - Singers
KW  - Women
KW  - sears
N1  - 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."; School Library Journal starred; Wilson's Children; Wilson's Junior High School; 8.2; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; Follett Library Resources
N2  - 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
ER  -