Like a bird the art of the American slave song
Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit. Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scot...
| Main Author: | Grady, Cynthia. |
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| Other Authors: | Wood, Michele. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
Millbrook Press,
2016.
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