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Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual
Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator: Frank Morrison
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Crown BFYR/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-05933-0634-5
Keywords: history, African American, Civil Rights, Black Lives Matter, changemakers
Journey through more than 400 years of Black history, from enslavement to the Black Lives Matter movement, by way of this popular spiritual. Rich oil illustrations.