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

By Russell Freedman

Publisher: Sandpiper

Publication date: January 3, 2011

ISBN：9780547480343

Number of words:

Page: 128

Revision: 2

Binding: paperback

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Commodity weight: 0.8kg

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"A voice like yours," celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini told contralto MariaAnderson, "is heard once ia hundred years." This insightful account of the great AfricaAmericavocalist considers her life and musical career ithe context of the history of civil rights ithis country. Drawing oAndersons owwritings and other contemporary accounts, Russell Freedmashows readers a singer pursuing her art despite the social constraints that limited the careers of black performers ithe 1920s and 1930s. Though not a crusader or a spokespersoby nature, MariaAndersocame to stand for all black artists-and for all Americans of color-when, with the help of such prominent figures as Eleanor Roosevelt, she gave her landmark 1939 performance othe steps of the LincolMemorial, which signaled the end of segregatioithe arts. Carefully researched, expertly told, and profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs, here is a moving account of the life of a talented and determined artist who left her mark omusical and social history. Through her story, one of todays leading authors of nonfictiofor young readers illuminates the social and political climate of the day and aimportant chapter iAmericahistory. Notes, bibliography, discography, index. A 2005 Newbery Honor Book Winner of the 2005 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

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Russell Freedmareceived the Newbery Medal for LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedmalives iNew York City.

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