Book Cover Image of Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations by Kelly Starling Lyons

Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations
by , Illustrated by Keith Mallett

Publication Date: Aug 06, 2019
List Price: $17.99
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780525516095
Imprint: Nancy Paulsen Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

Description of Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations by Kelly Starling Lyons

Just in time for the 120th anniversary of the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing"—this stirring book celebrates the Black National Anthem and how it inspired five generations of a family.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us.
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us.

In 1900, in Jacksonville, Florida, two brothers, one of them the principal of a segregated, all-black school, wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" so his students could sing it for a tribute to Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. From that moment on, the song has provided inspiration and solace for generations of Black families. Mothers and fathers passed it on to their children who sang it to their children and grandchildren. It has been sung during major moments of the Civil Rights Movement and at family gatherings and college graduations.
Inspired by this song’s enduring significance, Kelly Starling Lyons and Keith Mallett tell a story about the generations of families who gained hope and strength from the song’s inspiring words.




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