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Marian Anderson, a voice that broke barriers
The flat refusal a young Marian Anderson got from the Philadelphia Music Academy (later becoming University of the Arts) when she tried enrolling there, was presumably not the only time a person of color was rebuffed because the school was segregated. School officials were probably not unduly chagrined upon subsequently realizing they had turned their backs on Anderson&#;s incomparable, world-renowned talent as a classical singer &#; moreover, one whose humility and gracious manner served her well as a trail-blazer in the oppressive racial divisiveness then existing.
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The Voice That Challenged a Nation
children's book by Russell Freedman
| Author | Russell Freedman |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Published | |
| Publisher | Clarion Books |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media&#;type | |
| Pages | pp |
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The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights is a children's nonfiction book by Russell Freedman. It received both a Sibert Medal and a Newbery Honor Book award in [1][2] The book tells the story of Marian Anderson, an African-American contralto, who during her journey to establishing a singing career, inadvertently became an activist for civil and political rights.
Plot
[edit]From an early age, Marian Anderson displayed a natural talent for singing. As a child, she sang in church and in other local events where she would earn up to fifty cents. Throughout high school, Anderson continued singing and eventually began taking vocal lessons. After gaining enough recognition, she was invited to sing at an event in Georgia where she, for the first time, was introduced to the segregation associated with the Jim Crow laws. After completing high school at the age of 24, she continued touring, continually encountering Jim Crow laws along the wa