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Keywords

africa, african american, bodies of water, body parts, courage, culture, day, diversity, family, fear, freedom, god, history, hope, illustrator's note, moon, multicultural, music, night, poetry, pride, relationship, rhythm, running, sea, ship, singing, sky, song, tree, violence, water

Title

Lift every voice and sing

Description

Lift every voice puts pictures to the African American National Anthem. The lyrics tell the story of Black people's past struggles and the hope that Blacks will continue to have towards their future.

Author

Johnsson, James Weldan

Publisher

Scholastic Inc

Illustrator

Gilchrist, Jan Spivey

ISBN

0-590-46982-7

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

1995

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Bianca Guynn, 2010

Citation

Johnsson, James Weldan, “Lift every voice and sing,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 30, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13536.