Bibliograph

By and by, Charles Albert Tindley, the father of gospel music, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Bryan Collier

Type

Label

By and by, Charles Albert Tindley, the father of gospel music, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Bryan Collier

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

By and by

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1098221006

Responsibility statement

Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Bryan Collier

Sub title

Charles Albert Tindley, the father of gospel music

Summary

Picture book biography told in rhyming verse. Charles Tindley was born free, though his childhood was far from easy. He had no chance to go to school, but the spirituals he heard as he worked in the fields made him long to know how to read the Gospel. Late at night, he taught himself to read from scraps of newspapers. From those small scraps, Charles raised himself to become a founding father of American gospel music whose hymn was the basis for the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome."

Target audience

juvenile

Classification