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

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2022

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Title:	Standing in the need of prayer : a modern retelling of the classic spiritual
Author:	Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2022] ©2022
Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Summary:	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 today, and aspirational dreams of tomorrow. -- Adapted from jacket.
Subjects:	African Americans -- Prayers and devotions -- Juvenile literature. Spirituals (Songs) -- Juvenile literature. African Americans -- History -- Juvenile literature. Sacred songs -- Juvenile literature. Prayer -- Juvenile literature. Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author. Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject.
Genre:	Folk songs. Song texts. Adaptations. Picture books.
Other Author:	Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.
Other Title:	Adaptation of (work): Standin' in de need o' prayer.
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] -- Colin Kaepernick -- Black Lives Matter.
ISBN	9780593306345

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