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On my journey now : looking at African-American history through the spirituals / Nikki Giovanni ; foreword by Arthur C. Jones.

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"Giovanni tells the story of Africans in America through the words of 46 spirituals."--Source other than the Library of Congress.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Giovanni, Nikki
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Spirituals (Songs) > History and criticism > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > History > Juvenile literature.
African Americans.
Spirituals (Songs)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Juvenile works.
Table of Contents:
  • The journey
  • Slavery
  • The moan
  • We will continue
  • A slave's day
  • Escape
  • In the storm so long
  • Sunday
  • If you want religion
  • Talking about heaven
  • Climbing
  • Hope
  • Jubilee
  • The fire next time
  • Anger
  • After the Civil War
  • The Fisk Jubilee Singers
  • Spirituals today and tomorrow
  • The songs--complete lyrics.

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