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Available
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Publication
Grand Rapids Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2010.
Description
The Beatitudes form the backdrop for Weatherford's free-verse poem that traces the African American journey from slavery to civil rights.
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LibraryThing member lalfonso
The Beatitudes From Slavery to Civil Rights begins with a quote from the King James Version of Mathew 5:3-12, The Beatitudes. Then the book illustrates one of the beatitudes using a snippet of an event from black history. This story was told beautifully using soft water color images. The beatitude
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was softly added at the bottom of each page. The subjects spanned the gamut from slavery to Barack Obama. At the end of the book the author included brief biographies of 13 African Americans. Some of whom were featured in the book. I would use this in a 2-6 grade social studies class. Show Less
LibraryThing member mtpisgahumc
The Beatitudes, the beginning of Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew 5: 3-12, is the underlying theme of this children’s book. The author portrays important, but not always well-known, African-Americans from the slavery ships, through the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement, to
Each page was dedicated to one person, and in a short free-verse the poems began, “I was with …” and concludes with, “I was …”, naming what was done or an object used, such as a bible. The book was moving and educational to me, as it would be to most adults and children. I highly recommend this book, especially for children. It is on the 2012 Spiritual Growth, children’s books list.. Lisa Shipley
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the swearing in of President Barack Obama. The illustrations make you feel like you are a part of what’s happening on each page. Included at the end of the book are short biographies of each person mentioned.Each page was dedicated to one person, and in a short free-verse the poems began, “I was with …” and concludes with, “I was …”, naming what was done or an object used, such as a bible. The book was moving and educational to me, as it would be to most adults and children. I highly recommend this book, especially for children. It is on the 2012 Spiritual Growth, children’s books list.. Lisa Shipley
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LibraryThing member MaowangVater
From anonymous slaves chained in the hold of a slaver in the middle passage to the inauguration of Barack Obama as President, Weatherford poetically brings forth vignettes of African Americans who “brought biblical values to bear on the freedom struggle.” She uses the Beatitudes (Matthew
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5:3-12) to show the steadfast love of the LORD even during times of painful oppression. Ladwig, as he did with his illustrations for Psalm Twenty-Three and The Lord's Prayer, illuminates Weatherford’s poetry with moving watercolor and pastel, while the text of the Beatitudes runs across the bottom of the page. It’s a very powerful and moving combination. Show Less
LibraryThing member JRobinW
This version of the Beatitudes is set in Social Justice. Gives a new edge to the Beatitudes that perhaps we've lost over the years.
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Physical description
30 cm
ISBN
0802853528 / 9780802853523