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Ashley Bryan


Born
in Harlem, New York, NY, The United States
July 13, 1923

Died
February 04, 2022

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Genre
Arts & Photography, Children's Books, Poetry


Ashley Bryan was an illustrator, children's author, and poet.

Ashley Bryan (1923–2022) grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he shared the joy of song with children. A beloved illustrator, he was named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He also received the Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, was a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan’s Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lived in Islesford, one of the Cranb ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 8,441 ratings · 2,202 reviews · 75 distinct works • Similar authors
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Sla...
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Beautiful Blackbird
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Infinite Hope: A Black Arti...
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Let it Shine
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Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
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Who Built the Stable?: A Na...
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Ashley Bryan: Words to My L...
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Ashley Bryan's ABC of Afric...
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Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Mak...
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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!”
― Ashley Bryan, Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
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“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.”
― Ashley Bryan, Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
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“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.”
― Ashley Bryan, Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
tags: art, artist, hope, hopeful-quotes, self-awareness
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