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The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
AuthorRussell Freedman
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography
Published2004
PublisherClarion Books
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages128 pp
ISBN978-0547480343

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights is a 2004 children's nonfiction book by Russell Freedman. It received both a Sibert Medal and a Newbery Honor Book award in 2005.[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.

  1. ^ "2005 Newbery Medal and Honor Books". ALSC. Association for Library Service to Children. 2014.
  2. ^ "Robert F. Sibert Medal and Honor Books, 2001-present". ALSC. Association for Library Service to Children. 2014.

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