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...
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Main Author: |
Grady, Cynthia, |
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Wood, Michele, |
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Book
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English
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Minneapolis :
Millbrook Press,
2016.
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40 pages : color illustrations, music ; 22 cm.
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