TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - Like a bird :the art of the American slave song /
AU  - Grady, Cynthia,
AU  - Wood, Michele,
CN  - ML3556
CN  - ML3556
ID  - 1357424
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Slaves
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Slaves
SN  - 9781467785501
SN  - 1467785504
TI  - Like a bird :the art of the American slave song /
ER  -