"The song "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" is personified, describing the Black history and culture that inspired its creation. Written in 1968 by singer James Brown after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, the song became an anthem for the civil rights movement"--
Grades 2-3 Sleeping Bear Press.|||520L Lexile|||juvenile
R.J. Owens ; illustrated by Keisha Okafor.
