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Lift Every Voice and Sing - Hardcover

Johnson, James Weldon

 
9780802782502: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0802782507 ISBN 13: 9780802782502
Verlag: Walker Childrens, 1993

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Written by civil rights leader and poet James Weldon Johnson in 1899, "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" is sung in schools and churches throughout America. The popular, timeless song is recognized as a testimonial to the struggle and achievements of African-American people past, present, and future.

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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a prolific writer and legendary civil rights activist who produced several novels, a pioneering work of cultural history, the first major anthology of black poetry, and numerous treatises on race relations. He served as U.S. consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua and as secretary of the NAACP.

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Between the sober linocuts and the devotional text, this adaptation of what was once called the Negro National Anthem fairly effuses seriousness of purpose. Lyrics from a song written by two schoolteacher brothers in 1900 in honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday caption prints created in 1946 and '47 by the granddaughter of slaves; the emphasis here is on suffering, deliverance and gratitude to God. A picture of the victim of a hanging, for example, faces "We have come over a way that with tears has been watered / We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered." The score is provided at the end. Throughout, two-color art yields black-and-blue borders, while that blue, an almost turquoise tone, splashes through some of the linocuts. Much like "The Star-Spangled Banner," the production of this anthem is big on reverence and short on spontaneity. All ages.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Verlag
Walker Childrens
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0802782507
ISBN 13 
9780802782502
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
36
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