This Little Light of Mine
by Elizabeth Dow
Title
This Little Light of Mine
Artist
Elizabeth Dow
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
This is a maple tree in my back yard. It's branches are beautiful and the foliage on the tippy top of the tree is magnificent. But This tiny little branch caught my attention. It grows closer to the bottom of the tree. I just love how it sprung from the tree for some random reason. In any case, the yellow leaves remind me of the children's song, This Little Light of Mine. This branch with its colorful leaves is letting it's light shine for the world to see and appreciate. Here is the chorus of This Little Light of Mine:
This Little Light Of Mine,
I'm gonna let it shine,
This Little Light Of Mine,
I'm gonna let it shine,
This Little Light Of Mine,
Yes, I'm gonna let it shine,
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!
"This Little Light of Mine" is a gospel song that came to be an anthem of the civil rights
movement in the 1950's and 60's. Often mistakenly believed to have been sung on
plantations during slavery, it was originally written by Harry Dixon Loes around 1920 as a
children’s song. During the Civil Rights Movement, Zilphia Horton adapted the song and
taught it to Pete Seeger. The song is famously tied to Civil Rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer. While being detained by police on her way back from attempting to register to vote with other members of her community, she began singing this song. (https://operationrespect.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/This-Little-Light-of-Mine.pdf)
Make sure that you let your light shine for the world to see and appreciate.
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October 12th, 2019
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