You can now download the 35-page cluster of Kids' Wings units for FOUR award-winning works of black literature including including Through My Eyes, Walking to the Bus Rider Blues, When Marian Sang and Mister and Me! $12.95 Click here to purchase and download NOW

When Marian Sang
by Pam Munoz Ryan

Marian Anderson called her voice a gift from God.  When Marian sang, the world stopped to listen.  Even from the time she was a young child, people came for miles around to hear the remarkable voice that could sound like rain, fireflies, and thunder.  Life was not easy for this lady with the celebrated voice.  As a black singer in an America filled with prejudice in the early 1900s, she was denied access to hotels, concert halls, and restaurants because of her race.  Unwilling to "fight" for civil rights, Marian Anderson sang with her eyes closed but opened the eyes of others to the need to abolish segregation and prejudice.  Here is her story, from her experiences of singing in church to her dream coming true at the Metropolitan Opera. 

Pam Munoz Ryan Website
Penn Library Exhibition
Hear Marian Anderson's Voice
Marian Anderson Biography
Marian Anderson Historical Society

Order Marian Anderson Spirituals on CD

 

You can now download the 35-page cluster of Kids' Wings units for FOUR award-winning works of black literature including including Through My Eyes, Walking to the Bus Rider Blues, When Marian Sang and Mister and Me! $12.95 Click here to purchase and download NOW!