TY - BOOK AU - Hamilton,Virginia AU - Dillon,Diane AU - Dillon,Leo TI - The people could fly: the picture book SN - 0375824057 (trade) PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House KW - African Americans KW - Folklore KW - United States KW - Slavery N1 - First published : The people could fly : American black folktales, 1985 N2 - In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away ER -