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The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights / by Russell Freedman. |
| Authors: | Freedman, Russell. |
| Call number: | jB Anderson, Marian FRE |
| Publisher: | New York : Clarion Books, c2004. |
| Publication date: | c2004. |
| Subject: |
Contraltos -- United States -- Biography.
African American singers -- Biography. African Americans -- Civil rights. Juvenile literature. Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. |
| Title: | The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights / by Russell Freedman. |
| Physical description: | 114 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents note: | Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 -- Twenty-five cents a song -- A voice in a thousand four: Marian fever -- Banned by the DAR -- Singing to the nation -- Breaking barriers -- "What I had was singing." |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-103) and index. Discography: p. 105-106. |
| Awards note: | A Junior Library Guild selection. Newbery Honor Book. Robert F. Sibert Medal winner. |
| ISBN: | 0618159762 (hardcover) : $18.00 1415599629 (BWI) |
| LCCN: | 2003019558 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|955517 |
| Bib No.: | 955517 |
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| Location | Collection | Call No. | Status |
| Glendale Library | Nonfiction, Children's | jB Anderson, Marian F8537v | Checked In |
| Glendale Library | Nonfiction, Children's | jB Anderson, Marian F8537v | Checked In |
| Irvington Library | Nonfiction, Children's | jB Anderson, Marian F8537v | Checked out |
| Lawrence Library | Nonfiction, Children's | jB Anderson, Marian F8537v | Checked In |
| Andrew Academy School Library | Nonfiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jB Anderson, Marian FRE | Checked In |
| Central Catholic School | Nonfiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jB Anderson, Marian FRE | Checked In |
| Holy Angels School | Nonfiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jB Anderson, Marian FRE | Checked In |
| Holy Cross Central School | Nonfiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jB Anderson, Marian FRE | Checked In |
| Ind. School for the Deaf Alumni Hall | Nonfiction, Adult - Non-Floating | B AND FRE | Checked In |
| Ind. School for the Deaf Alumni Hall | Nonfiction, Adult - Non-Floating | B AND FRE | Checked In |
| Padua Academy School Library | Nonfiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jB Anderson, Marian FRE | Checked In |
| Saint Joan of Arc School | Nonfiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jB Anderson, Marian FRE | Checked In |
| Saint Joan of Arc School | Nonfiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jB Anderson, Marian FRE | Checked In |
| Saint Philip Neri School | Nonfiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jB Anderson, Marian FRE | Checked In |