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The voice that challenged a nation Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights
| Title | The voice that challenged a nation Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights |
| Names | Freedman, Russell. |
| Book Number | DB058728 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Recounts the life of African American singer Marian Anderson and her "once-in-a-hundred-years" voice. Describes her Philadelphia childhood, intense training, successful career in Europe, triumphant return to America, and setbacks caused by racial discrimination. Highlights Anderson's successful 1939 Lincoln Memorial performance for 75,000 fans. Newbery Honor and Sibert Award.. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2004. |
| Narrator | Toney, David. |
| Local Subject | History, United States - HUS |
| Juvenile Book - JU | |
| History - HST | |
| Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN | |
| Music & Dance - MAD | |
| Arts & Architecture - ART | |
| Award-Winning Children's Books - AWJ | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Audience Notes | For grades 6-9. |
| Male narrator. |
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| Award winner. |
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| LC Subject | African American singers - Biography - Juvenile literature |
| African Americans - Civil rights - Juvenile literature |
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| Contraltos - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature |
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| Singers - Juvenile literature |
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| Women - Biography - Juvenile literature |
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| Call Number | j782.1092 B JNF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2004 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2004 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio). |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: New York : Clarion Books, c2004. 0618159762 |