"As an adolescent, I sang along with Three Dog Night, never really thinking about the words of the song. Until now. BLACK AND WHITE, like many little books, is enormous."
- Ann Hood, bestselling author of THE KNITTING CIRCLE and other books
"A simple, lovely, powerful book."
- Tom Chapin, singer/songwriter
Lyricist, graphic artist and teacher David Arkin (1906-1980) created the beautifully-illustrated childrens' book BLACK AND WHITE in 1966.
Arkin based his volume on the song of the same name crafted years before by he and composer Earl Robinson (1910-1991) - a song meant to celebrate the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down segregation in public schools.
Recorded by Pete Seeger (1919-2014) in 1956 and Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957, "Black and White" was much later, in 1972, a Number 1 hit for the band Three Dog Night.
Seeger - a longtime friend of both Arkin and Robinson, a multi-Grammy winning performer and composer, and a Kennedy Center honoree - kindly wrote a new Introduction for this edition.
- Ann Hood, bestselling author of THE KNITTING CIRCLE and other books
"A simple, lovely, powerful book."
- Tom Chapin, singer/songwriter
Lyricist, graphic artist and teacher David Arkin (1906-1980) created the beautifully-illustrated childrens' book BLACK AND WHITE in 1966.
Arkin based his volume on the song of the same name crafted years before by he and composer Earl Robinson (1910-1991) - a song meant to celebrate the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down segregation in public schools.
Recorded by Pete Seeger (1919-2014) in 1956 and Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957, "Black and White" was much later, in 1972, a Number 1 hit for the band Three Dog Night.
Seeger - a longtime friend of both Arkin and Robinson, a multi-Grammy winning performer and composer, and a Kennedy Center honoree - kindly wrote a new Introduction for this edition.
