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Bea Breaks Barriers!: How Florence Beatrice Price's Music Triumphed over Prejudice
Caitlin DeLems
Illustrator: Tonya Engel
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Astra BFYR/Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 978-1-63592-427-5
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-racial and sexual discrimination, pianist, violinist, Chicago, heritage, teacher, director
The first Black woman whose symphony was played by a major orchestra composed over 300 works, including a spiritual sung by Marian Anderson. Soft-colored period illustrations. Back matter.