spirituals (songs)

"From an award-winning author and critically acclaimed artist comes a stunning and deeply moving picture book based on the popular spiritual "Standing in the Need of Prayer." The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American history"--.

"Starting from 1619 and stretching more than four hundred years, this book features such pivotal moments in history as the arrival of enslaved people in Jamestown, Virginia; Nat Turner's rebellion; the integration of the US military; the Selma to Montgomery marches; and peaceful present-day protests. It also celebrates the feats of African American musicians and athletes, such as Duke Ellington and Florence Griffith Joyner"--Amazon.

"An illustrated collection of African American spiritual songs"--OCLC.

Presents the music and words of spirituals with a brief introduction to each describing its significance to African-American history.

A collection of more than two dozen songs sung by African American slaves.

A collection of gospel sons proclaiming the good news of God's deliverance.

Presents a pictorial interpretation of the classic spiritual "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.".

Presents the lyrics of Billie Holiday's classic "God Bless the Child" illustrated with images of a southern African-American family's move to a northern city during the Great Migration, and includes a CD of Holiday's 1941 recording of the title song.

A one-volume reproduction of "The Book of American Negro Spirituals," and "The Second Book of Negro Spirituals," featuring arrangements by J. Rosamond Johnson, and including an introductory essay by African-American poet James Weldon Johnson.