Hopkinson, Deborah.
Sweet land of liberty / written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins. - 1st ed. - Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree, c2007. - [32] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 x 30 cm.
Wilson's Children, October 2010 School Library Journal, May 2007 Booklist, April 2007 Horn Book, October 2007 Kirkus Review, March 2007 Library Media Connection, November 2007 Multicultural Review, September 2007
Tells the story of Oscar Chapman, assistant secretary of the interior under President Franklin Roosevelt, telling how a childhood injustice influenced his decision to organize the 1939 concert given by African-American opera singer Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial after she had been denied the use of Constitution Hall.
3.0. K-3 Follett Library Resources.
1561453951
2006024331
Chapman, Oscar L. 1896-1978.
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Concerts.
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
African Americans--Biography.
United States--Race relations.
E185.61 / .H83 2007
973/.0496/073 973/.0496073
Sweet land of liberty / written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins. - 1st ed. - Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree, c2007. - [32] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 x 30 cm.
Wilson's Children, October 2010 School Library Journal, May 2007 Booklist, April 2007 Horn Book, October 2007 Kirkus Review, March 2007 Library Media Connection, November 2007 Multicultural Review, September 2007
Tells the story of Oscar Chapman, assistant secretary of the interior under President Franklin Roosevelt, telling how a childhood injustice influenced his decision to organize the 1939 concert given by African-American opera singer Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial after she had been denied the use of Constitution Hall.
3.0. K-3 Follett Library Resources.
1561453951
2006024331
Chapman, Oscar L. 1896-1978.
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Concerts.
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
African Americans--Biography.
United States--Race relations.
E185.61 / .H83 2007
973/.0496/073 973/.0496073