The sound of freedom : Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the concert that awakened America
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Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 782.1092 A5482s | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
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Book
Physical Desc
310 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-297) and index.
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From the Publisher: Award-winning civil rights historian Ray Arsenault describes the dramatic story behind Marian Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial-an early milestone in civil rights history-on the seventieth anniversary of her performance. On Easter Sunday 1939, the brilliant vocalist Marian Anderson sang before a throng of seventy-five thousand at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington-an electrifying moment and an under appreciated milestone in civil rights history. Though she was at the peak of a dazzling career, Anderson had been barred from performing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall because she was black. When Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR over the incident and took up Anderson's cause, however, it became a national issue. Like a female Jackie Robinson-but several years before his breakthrough-Anderson rose to a pressure-filled and politically charged occasion with dignity and courage, and struck a vital blow for civil rights. In the 1963 March on Washington, Martin Luther King would follow, literally, in Anderson's footsteps. This tightly focused, richly textured narrative by acclaimed historian Raymond Arsenault captures the struggle for racial equality in 1930s America, the quiet heroism of Marian Anderson, and a moment that inspired blacks and whites alike.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Arsenault, R. (2009). The sound of freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the concert that awakened America (1st U.S. ed.). Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Arsenault, Raymond. 2009. The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America. Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Arsenault, Raymond. The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Arsenault, Raymond. The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America 1st U.S. ed., Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
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