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Sing a Song:
How "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Inspired Generations
Item #:
9780525516095
Price:
$17.99
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. 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 of how this song was passed down through the generations of a family beginning with a young girl who sang the song in 1900 and continuing through the present day.Book, 32 pages.
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