Charles White’s “Ye Shall Inherit the Earth”, 1953, charcoal on paper, 39 x 26 in. was used on the cover of American Negro Spirituals, one of a series of six publications issued by Chappell & Co., Inc. of New York. The publication was as mentioned one of a series of musical settings, by Fela Sowande, a Nigerian musicologist. This one was 6121 DE OL' ARK'S A-MOVERIN' – SATBB a cappella [SATBB was an abbreviation of 1 Soprano part - 1 Alto part - 1 Tenor part - 2 Bass parts.]

The image credit was “Mother and Child” by Charles White, used by permission.