From award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier, a stunning new picture book version of the well-known song that has become known as the African-American National Hymn.

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Children's Books

Johnson, James Weldon

Biographies

Harpercollins

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,  Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us.   Written by James Weldon Johnson in 1900 to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" has become an anthem for African Americans in the struggle for equality.   Bryan Collier's vibrant, stunning artwork offers an inspirational and rousing interpretation of this powerful song that continues to influence and shape new generations of children today.

Amistad

The distinguished Black writer, lecturer, political figure and civil rights leader offers an account of his turbulent life and career

Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Penguin Classics

Originally published in 1912, this novel was one of the first to present a frank picture of being black in America Masked in the tradition of the literary confession practiced by such writers as St. Augustine and Rousseau, this "autobiography" purports to be a candid account of its narrator's private views and feelings as well as an acknowledgement of the central secret of his life: that though he lives as a white man, he is, by heritage and experience, an African-American. Written by the first black executive secretary of the NAACP, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, in its depiction of turn-of-the-century New York, anticipates the social realism of the Harlem Renaissance writers. In its unprecedented analysis of the social causes of a black man's denial of the best within himself, it is perhaps James Weldon Johnson's greatest service to his race. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Twentieth-Century Classics)

Literature & Fiction

United States

A collection of Negro sermons exemplifying the Negro spirit

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

Douglas, Aaron

Falls, C.B.

Poetry

Penguin Group USA

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Saint Peter Relates an Incident: Selected Poems (20th Century Classics)

This selection of more than forty poems from a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance includes both uncompromising indictments of racial injustice and celebrations of the triumphs of African-Americans. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Lift Every Voice and Sing: Selected Poems (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Penguin Publishing Group

The autobiography of the celebrated African American writer and civil rights activist Published just four years before his death in 1938, James Weldon Johnson's autobiography is a fascinating portrait of an African American who broke the racial divide at a time when the Harlem Renaissance had not yet begun to usher in the civil rights movement. Not only an educator, lawyer, and diplomat, Johnson was also one of the most revered leaders of his time, going on to serve as the first black president of the NAACP (which had previously been run only by whites), as well as write the groundbreaking novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Beginning with his birth in Jacksonville, Florida, and detailing his education, his role in the Harlem Renaissance, and his later years as a professor and civil rights reformer, Along This Way is an inspiring classic of African American literature. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson (Penguin Classics)

History

Introduced by Maya Angelou, the inspiring sermon-poems of James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and one of the most revered African Americans of all time, whose life demonstrated the full spectrum of struggle and success. In God's Trombones, one of his most celebrated works, inspirational sermons of African American preachers are reimagined as poetry, reverberating with the musicality and splendid eloquence of the spirituals. This classic collection includes "Listen Lord (A Prayer)," "The Creation," "The Prodigal Son," "Go Down Death (A Funeral Sermon)," "Noah Built the Ark," "The Crucifixion," "Let My People Go," and "The Judgment Day." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (Penguin Classics)

Reference

A landmark anthology of forty poets that brought serious attention to writers such as Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes. The poetry, the prefaces, and Johnson’s critical notes have made this book a classic. Indices.

The Book of American Negro Poetry: Revised Edition

Essays & Correspondence

Mariner Books

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Lift Every Voice and Sing

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Twentieth-Century Classics)

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

Saint Peter Relates an Incident: Selected Poems (20th Century Classics)

Lift Every Voice and Sing: Selected Poems (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson (Penguin Classics)

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (Penguin Classics)

The Book of American Negro Poetry: Revised Edition