![]() ![]() It won the 2004 Corretta Scott King Award for its striking collage illustrations, and it has been reprinted countless times in many languages-a staple in every classroom and children’s library. ‘This little light of mine…’ Everyone’s up and singing.”Īshley has made it part of his life’s work to educate the American public as to the origins of these “traditional American songs”-“a gift from the African slaves whose only outlet for freedom was through their song.”īeautiful Blackbird is perhaps Ashley’s most famous book, and deservedly so. “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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