Give me wings : how a choir of former slaves took on the world /
Lowinger, Kathy,
Give me wings : how a choir of former slaves took on the world / How a choir of former slaves took on the world Kathy Lowinger. - 144 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 136) and index.
"Never a slave!" -- John Brown's body -- We are all in this war -- Getting into paradise -- Root, hog, or die -- Songs for the right -- Sing up the walls -- Breaking the chains -- The good we might do.
The story of the "Jubilee Singers, [who] traveled from Cincinnati to New York, following the path of the Underground Railroad. With every performance they endangered their lives and those of the people helping them, but they also broke down barriers between blacks and whites, lifted spirits, and even helped influence modern American music: the Jubilees were the first to introduce spirituals outside their black communities [and are still active and highly regarded today]"--Amazon.com.
9781554517466 155451746X 9781554517473 1554517478
1397045 QBI
20159003946
Jubilee Singers--Juvenile literature.
Freedmen--United States--Juvenile literature.
African American musicians--19th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Jubilee singers--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Give me wings : how a choir of former slaves took on the world / How a choir of former slaves took on the world Kathy Lowinger. - 144 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 136) and index.
"Never a slave!" -- John Brown's body -- We are all in this war -- Getting into paradise -- Root, hog, or die -- Songs for the right -- Sing up the walls -- Breaking the chains -- The good we might do.
The story of the "Jubilee Singers, [who] traveled from Cincinnati to New York, following the path of the Underground Railroad. With every performance they endangered their lives and those of the people helping them, but they also broke down barriers between blacks and whites, lifted spirits, and even helped influence modern American music: the Jubilees were the first to introduce spirituals outside their black communities [and are still active and highly regarded today]"--Amazon.com.
9781554517466 155451746X 9781554517473 1554517478
1397045 QBI
20159003946
Jubilee Singers--Juvenile literature.
Freedmen--United States--Juvenile literature.
African American musicians--19th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Jubilee singers--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.