01100cam a2200277 4500 1147863115 TxAuBib ||||||t20071985||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780375845536 0375845534 TxAuBib Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002. The people could fly : the picture book / Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York : Knopf, [2007] ©1985. [32]p. : col. ill ; 32 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.) Narration by the author and James Earl Jones. Retells a folktale in which a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon African magic that allows them to fly away. African Americans Folklore. Folklore United States. Slavery Folklore. Dillon, Diane, ill. Dillon, Leo, ill. Hamilton, Virginia, nar. Jones, James Earl, nar.