[DOWNLOAD] "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Lift Every Voice and Sing
- Author : James Weldon Johnson
- Release Date : January 08, 2019
- Genre: Music,Books,Kids,Arts & Entertainment,Social Studies,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 7001 KB
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.