The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America - Hardcover

Arsenault, Raymond

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9781596915787: The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America

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ISBN 10: 1596915781 ISBN 13: 9781596915787

Verlag: Bloomsbury, 2009

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A narrative account of the gifted vocalist and civil rights figure's landmark 1939 concert offers insight into the period's racial climate, describes Eleanor Roosevelt's dramatic resignation from the DAR for barring Anderson's performances, and pays tribute to the singer's significant contributions to raising public awareness.

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Raymond Arsenault is the John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History at the U niversity of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He is the author ofFreedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice, which was named an Editor's Choice by theNew York Times and one of the Best Books of 2006 by the Washington Post, and won the 2006 Owsley Prize of the Southern Historical Association as the best work in Southern history.

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