{"product_id":"the-voice-that-challenged-a-russell-freedman-9780547480343","title":"The Voice That Challenged a Nation: A Newbery Honor Award Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNewbery Honor Book * Sibert Medal Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully researched and expertly told, this Newbery Honor and Sibert Medal-winning 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, Newbery Medal-winning author Russell Freedman illuminates the social and political climate of the day and an important chapter in American history. Notes, bibliography, discography, index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A voice like yours,\" celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini told contralto Marian Anderson, \"is heard once in a hundred years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Freedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0547480342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547480343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.98h x 7.97w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e78566 \/ Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Russell Freedman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994867695871,"sku":"9780547480343","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44fa75a6-1112-4b83-83c4-286b22b4dc66.jpg?v=1683332638","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-voice-that-challenged-a-russell-freedman-9780547480343","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}