Lift every voice and sing
Subtitle: St. Louis African-Americans in the twentieth century : narratives
By: collected by Doris A. Wesley ; photographs by Wiley Price ; edited with an introduction by Ann Morris.
Contributors: Wesley, Doris A., 1952-; Price, Wiley.; Morris, Ann, 1944-
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Interviews.; African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography -- Anecdotes.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.; Oral history.; Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.; Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Race relations -- Anecdotes.
Genres: Interviews.; Biography; Anecdotes.
Description: "Initially a project to preserve the stories of men and women who lived in the Ville - a black neighborhood in St. Louis known for its business leaders and educators - Doris Wesley's work soon took on a larger purpose. Lift Every Voice and Sing pairs Wesley's profiles of one hundred prominent African American citizens with Wiley Price's stunning photographs of each, offering an intimate look at what it was like to live in a segregated city.

Revealing the challenges faced by blacks throughout a tumultuous century, the profiles feature people from various fields, including doctors, educators, musicians, journalists, men and women in business, pastors, and civil rights leaders. They each relate their experiences of racism, the obstacles they overcame in their professions, and the lessons life has taught them."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.