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We Shall Overcome: The Story Of A Song (2013)

by Debbie Levy(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1423119541 (ISBN13: 9781423119548)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Jump At The Sun

review 1: There is much to this story from the song's beginning as a blending of spirituals to how it lives on past the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. For over one hundred years and on several continents people have sung We Shall Overcome. Many have sought comfort and gained strength in it while fighting for equal rights. It's words have bolstered efforts to establish democracy, unite those a common cause, as well as heal wounds.
review 2: Words and music have the power to change lives, and this picture book gives its much-deserved due to "We Shall Overcome," the song that came to be associated with the civil rights movement. The author provides historical context for the song as well as describing how it inspired protesters in this country and others to keep the faith a... morend keep marching and protesting. The vibrant illustrations that seem to based on collages, highlight moments when the song assumed importance such as during the March on Washington, as well as when it moved into other countries and inspired their citizens to rally against injustice. The back matter includes a timeline of the song, touching East Germans, black South Africans, Bengalis, Czechs, and South Koreans. The book even offers websites which contain recordings of the song. This title will fit very nicely in a civil rights text set or one about the power of words. less

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