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The Voice That Challenged A Nation: Marian Anderson And The Struggle For Equal Rights
by Freedman, Russell
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0439799341
- ISBN 13
- 9780439799348
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About This Item
Scholastic Inc, 2005. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9. First Scholastic Printing 2005. First Thus. First published May, 2004 by Clarion Books.. Hardcover small quarto and jacket in very good condition. A 2005 Newberry Honor Book. 2005 Sibert Medal Winner. Black and white photographs throughout. Tan boards with ivory quarter cloth over spine, gilt titles to spine. Quite clean with quarter inch imperfection to upper front edge--a scar. A name is written on the top edge of the text block (former owner?). Internals As New. Sewn binding tight, solid and square. Marian Anderson loved to sing. By the mid-1930s she had sung to European royalty, in the White House, in concert halls across the U.S.; but because of her race she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall, Washington's finest auditorium. Her response to this catapulted her into the center of the civil right movement of the tie. She came to stand for all black artists and with the help of Eleanor Roosevelt, she gave a performance at the Lincoln Memorial that broke racial barriers and hastened the end of segregation in the arts. Here is her story. 114 pages. Chapter Notes. Bibliography. Discography; acknowledgments and Picture Credits. Index. 10.25 x 8.25" 2005 Scholastic Inc. ISBN10: 0439799341, ISBN13: 9780439799348
Synopsis
"A voice like yours," celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini told contralto Marian Anderson, "is heard once in a hundred years." This insightful account of the great African American vocalist considers her life and musical career in the context of the history of civil rights in this country. Drawing on Anderson's own writings and other contemporary accounts, Russell Freedman shows readers a singer pursuing her art despite the social constraints that limited the careers of black performers in the 1920s and 1930s. Though not a crusader or a spokesperson by nature, Marian Anderson came 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 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, which signaled the end of segregation in the arts. Carefully researched, expertly told, and profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs, this Newbery Honor book is a moving account of the life of a talented and determined artist who left her mark on musical and social history. Through her story, one of today's leading authors of nonfiction for young readers illuminates the social and political climate of the day and an important chapter in American history. Notes, bibliography, discography, index.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029439
- Title
- The Voice That Challenged A Nation: Marian Anderson And The Struggle For Equal Rights
- Author
- Freedman, Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0439799341
- ISBN 13
- 9780439799348
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 4to - over 9
- Keywords
- AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS; BIOGRAPHY; MEMOIRS; MUSIC; AMERICAN HISTORY;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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