Overview
2005 Sibert Medal Winner A 2005 Newbery Honor Book 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 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, 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Russell Freedman ,
Je Nie Fleming
Publisher: HarperAudio
Imprint: HarperAudio
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798200916764
Publication Date: 01 February 2022
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
a fully realized portrait of a musical artist and her times...an outstanding, handsome biography. Freedman at his best. KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred reviews Kirkus Reviews, Starred a masterful biography...The prose is sharp and clean with generous use of quotations...a superb choice. VOYA VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Freedman offers the story of a movement encapsulated in the biography of an extraordinary African-American woman. BCCB Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Freedman provides thrilling accounts...copious quotes...allow her resonant voice--and personal grace--to fill these pages...An engrossing biography. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review Publishers Weekly, Starred In his signature prose, plain yet eloquent. Freedman tells Anderson's triumphant story . . . Older readers and adults will want this too. BOOKLIST Booklist, ALA This inspiting work once again demonstrates Freedman's talent for showing how a person's life is molded by its historical and cultural context. SLJ School Library Journal, Starred
Author Information
Russell Freedman (1929-2018) received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He was the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lived in New York City and traveled widely to research his books.
