No Man Can Hinder Me
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Printed: 2001 Author: Velma Maia Thomas
Publisher: Crown Publishers ISBN: 0609607197
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The Journey from Slavery to Emancipation Through Song
Hardcover- 40 pages Book & Cd edition (October 9, 2001)
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Book Description
In an extraordinary book and CD package, the talented, charismatic author of Lest We Forget chronicles the harsh realities of slavery and brilliantly brings to life the spirit of a people determined to be free.
A vibrant legacy of the past and an expression of hope for the future, African-American songs and spirituals formed an oral history during the perilous era of slavery. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and reproductions of original documents, No Man Can Hinder Me traces the spiritual from its arrival in America to its importance as a mode of secret communication, to its role after Emancipation.
Celebrated author and lecturer Velma Maia Thomas not only tells the story of these songs, she presents more than a dozen glorious examples-many of them never-before-recorded arrangements-on a CD specially created for this book. With performances by Thomas and other well-known vocalists, including members of the Morehouse College Glee Club as well some of Atlanta's foremost gospel singers, the CD evokes a sense of community and the dream of earthly and spiritual freedom that sustained African-Americans through the ordeal of slavery.

About the Author Ordained minister at the Shrine of the Black Madonna, Velma Maia Thomas is the creator and curator of the Black Holocaust Exhibit in Atlanta. She was a member of the Howard Gospel Choir at Howard University. Thomas lives in Atlanta, Georgia.