
She Raised Her Voice!
50 Black Women Who Sang Their Way Into Music History
By: Jordannah Elizabeth, Briana Dengoue (Illustrator)
Hardcover | 28 June 2022 | Edition Number 1
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Written by music writer and journalist Jordannah Elizabeth and illustrated by tBriana Dengoue, She Raised Her Voice! will inspire readers to find their voice and their own way of expressing themselves.
Profiles included are: Abbey Lincoln * Angelique Kidjo * Anita Baker * Aretha Franklin * Ari Up * Barbara Lynn * Bessie Smith * Betty Carter * Beyonce Knowles-Carter * Big Mama Thornton * Billie Holiday * Chaka Khan * Darlene Love * Dee Dee Bridgewater * Diana Ross * Dinah Washington * Dionne Warwick * Elizabeth Cotton * Ella Fitzgerald * Erykah Badu * Etta James * Gladys Knight * Janet Jackson * Jill Scott * Lena Horne * Leontyne Price * MC Lyte * Ma Rainey * Mahalia Jackson * Mavis Staples * Memphis Minnie * Minnie Riperton * Nancy Wilson * Natalie Cole * Nina Simone * Odetta * Patti LaBelle * Poly Styrene * Queen Latifah * Rita Marley * Roberta Flack * Ronnie Spector * Sade Adu * Sarah Vaughan * Sister Nancy * Sister Rosetta Tharpe * Skin * The Pointer Sisters * Tina Turner * Tracy Chapman
About the Author
Jordannah Elizabeth is an author, music critic, editor, and lecturer. She is a columnist at New York Amsterdam News and her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, ZORA, Village Voice, LA Weekly, NPR Music, and many other publications. She has lectured and received invitations as a guest journalist from Harvard University, Pratt Institute, Maryland Institute College of Art, Columbia University, and De Montfort University in Leicester, England. She is a Baltimore native and enjoys reading, travel and spending time with her close friends and family.
About the Illustrator
Briana Dengoue is a Philadelphia born and based illustrator and graphic designer. She obtained her BFA in Fine Arts from Maryland Institute and College of Art in 2017. When she's not busy creating art she can be found aggressively playing volleyball with a city league or having a good cry or hardy laugh to a movie marathon.
ISBN: 9780762475162
ISBN-10: 0762475161
Published: 28th June 2022
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 168
Audience: General Adult
For Ages: 8+ years old
For Grades: 3 - 7
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 1.8 x 19.5 x 25.2
Weight (kg): 0.72
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