Download or read book The Voice That Challenged a Nation written by Russell Freedman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life of the influential opera singer and civil rights activist, who became the first African American to sing a role with the New York Metropolitan Opera Company and who later served as a delegate to the United Nations.