The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
- ISBN-10
- 0618159762
- ISBN-13
- 9780618159765
- Category
- African American singers
- Pages
- 114
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Russell Freedman
Description
Carefully researched, expertly told, and profusely illustrated with photographs, a moving account of the life of a talented and determined artist who left her mark on musical and social history is drawn from Anderson's own writings and other contemporary accounts.
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- 2011
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