Slave Spirituals and the Jubilee Singers

Informationen zum Autor Michael L. Cooper has written books on various aspects of American history for young adults, including a companion book, Fighting for Honor: Japanese Americans and World War II, which was named a 2002 Best Book for Young Adults. Zusammenfassung Many slave spirituals—songs such as “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore,” and “Go Down, Moses”—have become interwoven into the fabric of American culture. For centuries these deeply moving songs were sung by slaves as they worked in the fields. In 1871, six years after the end of slavery, a group from Fisk University known as the Jubilee Singers toured the United States and abroad, raising money for their bankrupt school and, more important, bringing slave spirituals to the attention of a wide audience. This engrossing account, illustrated with archival prints and photographs and appended with the words and music to seven songs, tells the inspiring story of the Jubilee Singers and reveals spirituals to be an invaluable and unique history of American slavery.

Product details

• Authors: Michael L. Cooper
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.09.2001
• EAN: 9780395978290
• ISBN: 978-0-395-97829-0
• No. of pages: 86
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Music, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Adolescence, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / State & Local, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Friendship, kid;history;nonfiction, history;kid;nonfiction, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Activism & Social Justice