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Lift every voice and sing : a celebration of the African American national anthem

Title
Lift every voice and sing : a celebration of the African American national anthem / James Weldon Johnson ; illustrated by Elizabeth Catlett ; foreword by Ashley Bryan.
Author
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Publication
  • New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019.
  • ©1993

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Additional Authors
  • Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954.
  • Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012
  • Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954
  • Bryan, Ashley
Description
30 unnumbered pages : illustrations, music; 29 cm
Summary
An illustrated version of the song written by civil rights leader and poet James Weldon Johnson in 1899 that has come to be considered the African American national anthem.
Subject
  • Songs, English > United States > Texts
  • Songs, English > United States > Juvenile literature
  • African Americans > Music > Juvenile literature
  • Social movements > United States > African Americans > History
  • Patriotic music > African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Songs, English
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Picture books for children.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Music.
  • Picture books.
  • Texts.
Note
  • First published in the United States of America in February1993 by Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.
  • Includes music for voice and piano.
Call Number
Sc F 19-290
ISBN
  • 9781681199559
  • 1681199556
LCCN
92027333
OCLC
1033774622
Author
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, author.
Title
Lift every voice and sing : a celebration of the African American national anthem / James Weldon Johnson ; illustrated by Elizabeth Catlett ; foreword by Ashley Bryan.
Publisher
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019.
Copyright Date
©1993
Edition
New edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Container of (work): Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954. Lift every voice and sing.
Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012, illustrator.
Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954, composer.
Bryan, Ashley, writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
Sc F 19-290
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