From poet, author & professor, Carole Boston Weatherford, a Newbery Honor Winner, New York Times bestseller, and two-time NAACP Image Award winner, comes a stunning and deeply moving audiobook based on the popular spiritual “Standing in the Need of Prayer.” The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American history.
Librarians, enjoy this exclusive excerpt of the title song here! Clap and sing along to STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER:
It’s me, O Lord,
Standing in the need of prayer.
It’s me, it’s me, O Lord,
Standing in the need of prayer.
Not my father, not my mother,
but it’s me, O Lord,
Standing in the need of prayer.
Not my father, not my mother,
but it’s me, O Lord,
Standing in the need of prayer.
It’s Africans enslaved and families sold apart,
Standing in the need of prayer.
It’s runaways fleeing the yoke by dark,
Standing in the need of prayer.
Carole Boston Weatherford
Credit: Gerald Young
The audiobook features music and sound effects, and at the end of the audiobook, listeners will find descriptions of the people, places, and events that are featured, along with a note from Carole Boston Weatherford.
