Lift Every Voice and Sing

Lift Every Voice and Sing
ISBN-10
1681199572
ISBN-13
9781681199573
Series
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
2019-01-08
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Author
James Weldon Johnson

Description

A moving history of the African-American struggle for equality, "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" was written for schoolchildren to sing at an Abraham Lincoln birthday celebration in 1900 and was named the official African-American anthem in 1949. With linocuts of renowned Harlem Renaissance artist Elizabeth Catlett, this text and art pairing captures the achievements, spirit, joy, and struggle of the African-American experience. This reissue will feature new backmatter contextualizing the history of the song as well as the significance of Ms. Catlett as an artist.

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