![]() “But when I start singing, ‘He’s got the whole world in his hands…’ they sing me down. ![]() When I ask, ‘Who knows a song of the Black African slaves who came to America?” Nobody raises a hand. “Whenever I present to any audience anywhere in the world,” Ashley says, “these songs are known.” But here, in America, when I ask, ‘Who knows a Negro spiritual?’ Nobody responds. ![]() The book also includes musical notation and full piano and guitar accompaniment to some of the most well known and loved African and African-American Spirituals. The original 1991 publication of this title won a 1992 Coretta Scott King Honor for its full-spread, colorful, tempera painted Illustrations that resemble Ashley’s jewel-like stained-glass panels. All Night, All Day, A Child’s First Book of African-American Spirituals (2004) ![]()
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