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Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit. Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Michele Wood to convey the rich meaning behind thirteen of these powerful songs.
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"After years of oppression and slavery, a new day dawned for African Americans in the early twentieth century. An explosion of art, literature, music, and more swept the nation. In Harlem, New York, it was especially evident. It was there that a renaissance of art and thought caught the attention of the country and the world. Life was forever changed for both black and white Americans"--
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