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Give me wings : how a choir of former slaves took on the world / Kathy Lowinger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : Annick Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 144 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781554517466
  • 155451746X
  • 9781554517473
  • 1554517478
Other title:
  • How a choir of former slaves took on the world
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in electronic format.
Contents:
"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.
Summary: 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.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 782.4216 L918 Checked out 06/21/2024 33111008158699
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 782.4216 L918 Available 33111008398295
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Issued also in electronic format.

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.

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