May We Forever Stand
A History of the Black National Anthem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19974041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Imani Perry (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 280 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | May we forever stand (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469638607.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4240119449 |
| Open Library | OL26948660M |
| ISBN | 9781469638607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Singing and fighting for freedom have been inseparable in African American history. May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem, tells an essential yet understudied part of that story. Lift Every Voice and Sing, penned by James Weldon Johnson and composed by his brother Rosamond in 1900, was embraced as an anthem that captured the story and the aspirations of Black Americans almost immediately. This book shares the story of that song, as it traveled from South to North, from churches to schools, and from civil rights to Black power, and beyond. Because it is an anthem, the story of this song is also a social and cultural history. Readers will learn of the institutions and organizations, as well as the lessons and the emotions shared by those who sang together. Drawing on a wide array of materials including: letters, newspaper articles, essays, poems, novels, school curricula, speeches and the programs of hundreds of organizations, readers have a window into the robust social, cultural and political world that African Americans organized in the face of an unequal society, and how that world produced people who were capable of transforming the nation and world
Anthem · Art · Art history · Blackface · Face (sociological concept) · Hollywood · League · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Quilt · Singing · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society · African americans · Anthems · History and criticism · J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) · Lift every voice and sing (Johnson, J. Rosamond) · Music · Music, history and criticism · united states
Liberating the Archive, Emancipating Philanthropy
“Strange What Cosmopolites Music Makes of Us”
Howling “A Hot Time”
Social categories and the differences within
In/Visible Black Pain and Joy
Civic education in informal settings
Introducing Curricular and Pedagogical Resuscitation (CPR)
There Would Be No Lynching If It Did Not Start in the Schoolroom”
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |