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Ashley Bryan
Born
in Harlem, New York, NY, The United States
July 13, 1923
Died
February 04, 2022
Website
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Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
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published
2016
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7 editions
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Beautiful Blackbird
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published
2003
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11 editions
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Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
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published
2019
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6 editions
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Let it Shine
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published
2007
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6 editions
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Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
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published
1980
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10 editions
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Who Built the Stable?: A Nativity Poem
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published
2012
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4 editions
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Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song
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published
2009
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2 editions
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Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry
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published
1997
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6 editions
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Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Making Something from Everything
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published
2014
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6 editions
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Can't Scare Me!: with audio recording
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published
2013
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4 editions
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“Through all my years
enslaved,
I've listened to
ancestral voices
echoing through
my weariness,
giving me strength
to withstand injustice,
to believe in myself
and survive.
May our songs and stories
keep alive in us
the will to grow in learning.
The longing to be free!”
― Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
enslaved,
I've listened to
ancestral voices
echoing through
my weariness,
giving me strength
to withstand injustice,
to believe in myself
and survive.
May our songs and stories
keep alive in us
the will to grow in learning.
The longing to be free!”
― Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
“I've walked a long trail,
a long trail of years
flushed with tears.
Tears of remembrance.
Years of driven labor
have not driven
the ancestral thoughts
out of me.
My memory of teaching—
surrounded by children,
singing songs of our people,
the stories of our history—
lives always with me...
Song shields our hearts from abuse,
draws us together,
strengthens our lives.”
― Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
a long trail of years
flushed with tears.
Tears of remembrance.
Years of driven labor
have not driven
the ancestral thoughts
out of me.
My memory of teaching—
surrounded by children,
singing songs of our people,
the stories of our history—
lives always with me...
Song shields our hearts from abuse,
draws us together,
strengthens our lives.”
― Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
“Revealing aspects of the mystery of being human is life's inexhaustible research. Through the adventures of art, we find the meaning of our lives.”
― Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
― Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
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