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

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Running Time: 02:18 hrs

Narrator: Sharon Washington

Publisher:
Recorded Books, 2011

Details:

Author: Freedman, Russell

Contributor: Washington, Sharon

Edition: Unabridged

Date:

Created
2011

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Copyrighted
2005

Summary:
In the 1930s, black singer Marian Anderson was not allowed to perform at Constitution Hall. But with help from Eleanor Roosevelt, Anderson staged an amazing concert at the Lincoln Memorial and became an activist for civil rights.
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."
Genre:
Juvenile nonfiction

Subject(s): African American singers | African Americans | Anderson, Marian | Biography | Civil rights | Contraltos | Juvenile literature | Singers | United States | Women

Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md., [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

Language(s): English

ISBN: 9781449892296

Collection(s)/Series: Anti-Racist Resources