Standing in the need of prayer : a modern retelling of the classic spiritual /

The popular spiritual, Standing in the need of prayer, has been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American people and their history. The text and illustrations of this inspirational book are informative reminders of yesterday, hopeful images for toda...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors:	Morrison, Frank, 1971- (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, [2022]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	African Americans > Prayers and devotions > Juvenile literature. Spirituals (Songs) > Juvenile literature. African Americans > History > Juvenile literature. Sacred songs > Juvenile literature. Prayer > Juvenile literature. African Americans. Spirituals (Songs) Sacred songs. Prayer. History. Juvenile works. Picture books. Folk songs.

Table of Contents:

References: Slavery
Nat Turner
The American Civil War
The Emancipation Proclamation
The great migration
The Tuskegee Airmen
Music
Ruby Bridges
Martin Luther King Jr.
FloJo [Florence Griffith Joyner]
Clin Kaepernick
Black Lives Matter.