All Night, All Day: a Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals.Selected and illustrated by Ashley Bryan Musical arrangements by David Manning For other persons named David Manning, see David Manning (disambiguation). Sir David Geoffrey Manning, KCMG CVO (born 5 December 1949) is the British Ambassador to the United States. Biography Educated at Oriel College, Oxford and the Paul H. Thomas Aladdin Library, January 2004 $6.99, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-689-31662-3 Ages 4-8 and up The author and illustrator of Beautiful Blackbird has compiled a collection of 20 beloved African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. spirituals complete with guitar chords and piano accompaniment. Most of the favorites are here, such as "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and "This Little Light of Mine "This Little Light of Mine" is a negro spiritual, themed on the importance of unity in the face of struggle. Under the influence of Zilphia Horton, Fannie Lou Hamer and others it eventually became a Civil Rights anthem in the 1950s and 1960s. " and they are enriched with colorful art and a brief note on the history of the spiritual. --S.R. |
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