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Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations

Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations

Lyons, Kelly Starling
Mallett, Keith

Hardcover

General Juvenile FictionHistoryPerforming Arts

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 0525516093
ISBN13: 9780525516095
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Published: Aug 6 2019
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.40 Width: 9.30 Depth: 11.20
Language: English
This stirring book celebrates the history of the song Lift Every Voice and Sing--aka the Black National Anthem--and how it inspired five generations of a family.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us.
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us.

In Jacksonville, Florida, two brothers, one of them the principal of a segregated, all-black school, wrote the song Lift Every Voice and Sing so his students could sing it for a tribute to Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1900. From that moment on, the song has provided inspiration and solace for generations of Black families. Mothers and fathers passed it on to their children who sang it to their children and grandchildren. Known as the Black National Anthem, it has been sung during major moments of the Civil Rights Movement and at family gatherings and college graduations.

Inspired by this song's enduring significance, Kelly Starling Lyons and Keith Mallett tell a story about the generations of families who gained hope and strength from the song's inspiring words.

--A CCBC Choice

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