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Swing Sisters

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Swing Sisters Synopsis

Back in 1909, not far from Jackson, Mississippi, Dr. Laurence Clifton Jones opened a special place for orphans named Piney Woods Country Life School. Dr. Jones loved music and wanted the children to love it too. In 1939 he started a school band that was just for girls, and he called it the Sweethearts. The music the girls played was called swing. It had rhythms and melodies that got people up on their feet to dance. And like all good music, it told stories about how it feels to be alive. After the girls left Piney Woods, the band stayed together and performed around the world. With their enormous talent and joyful music, the Sweethearts chipped away at racist and sexist barriers wherever they went.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780823450886
Publication date: 9th August 2021
Author: Karen Deans
Illustrator: Joe Cepeda
Publisher: Holiday House
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 32 pages
Genres: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance
Music
People / Places
Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism