Lift Every Voice and Sing
A Celebration of the Negro National Anthem; 100 Years, 100 Voices
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نقد و بررسی
November 15, 2000
Edited by Bond (chair of the NAACP) and Wilson (The Crisis Reader), this collection of 100 photos and 100 essays by a cross-cultural group of artists, politicians, businesspeople, educators, and activists commemorates the 100th birthday of the hymn that became known as the Negro National Anthem and was adopted as the official song of the NAACP. Written for a Lincoln's birthday celebration in 1900, the song has lyrics by Harlem Renaissance writer James Weldon Johnson and music by his brother, J. Redmond Johnson--which is curiously missing from the book. The song was passed on and shared throughout the black and civil rights communities as a source of inspiration and pride in the fight for racial equality. Together, the photos, essays, and lyrics create a powerful record of the long, arduous struggle against racism and discrimination in America. Recommended for all public libraries and African American studies collections.--Sherri L. Barnes, Univ. of California Lib., Santa Barbara
Copyright 2000 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
October 15, 2000
As inspiring as the song it commemorates, this book's publication will correspond with the centennial anniversary of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as the Negro National Anthem. James Weldon Johnson and his brother, Rosamond Johnson, composed the song four years after Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court decision that institutionalized U.S. racism through the separate-but-equal doctrine. The book contains 100 essays by entertainers, scholars, writers, rap artists, and others on the significance of the song in the struggle for racial justice. Amiri Baraka notes its "blossoming beauty." Maya Angelou recalls a childhood memory of black parents and students standing to sing the song in protest when it was announced that black schools in Stamps, Arkansas, would get more domestic training for lives as servants while white schools would get science labs. Other authors include Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, Jesse Jackson, and Bill Cosby. In commemorating the song, Bond and Wilson also present a pictorial history of race in the U.S., with powerful photographs and inspiring social and cultural remembrances. (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2000, American Library Association.)
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