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1) Lift every voice and sing: a celebration of the African American national anthem

Author

Johnson, James Weldon

Publisher

Bloomsbury Children's Books

Pub. Date

2019.

Edition

New edition.

Physical Desc

30 unnumbered pages : illustrations, music ; 29 cm

Language

English

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An illustrated version of the song written by civil rights leader and poet James Weldon Johnson in 1899 that has come to be considered the African American national anthem.

2) The book of American Negro poetry

Author

Johnson, James Weldon

Series

Mint Editions

Pub. Date

1959

Edition

Rev. ed.

Physical Desc

vii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Language

English

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The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922) is an anthology by James Weldon Johnson. Alongside some of his own poems, Johnson includes the work of such legendary artists as Paul Laurence Dunbar, W. E. B. Du Bois, Jessie Fauset, and Georgia Douglas Johnson. Carefully selected and supported with a masterful preface by Johnson, the poems herein reflect a range of voices, styles, and subjects drawn from tradition and experience alike. In his preface, Johnson...

3) Sing a song: how "Lift Every Voice and Sing" inspired generations

Author

Lyons, Kelly Starling

Publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books

Pub. Date

[2019]

Lexile measure

680L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

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"Just in time for the 120th anniversary of the song 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' this stirring book celebrates the Black National Anthem and how it inspired five generations of a family... 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...