Contributions

  • Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator - Contributor

Publication

2014 - , Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

0 words, Guess

Page Count

0 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100807576506
  • ISBN-139780807576502
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013030748
  • OCLC Control Number855580743
  • Better World Books9780807576502
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC[E]
  • LCCPZ8.3.W374 Su 2014
  • LCCPZ8.3.W374Su 2014

Description

Rhyming text celebrates the Harlem neighborhood that successful African Americans first called home during the 1920s. Includes brief biographies of jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sonny Rollins, and Miles Davis; artists Aaron Douglas and Faith Ringgold; entertainers Lena Horne and the Nicholas Brothers; writer Zora Neale Hurston; civil rights leader W. E. B. DuBois; and lawyer Thurgood Marshall. Rhyming text celebrates the Harlem neighborhood that successful African Americans first called home during the 1920s.

Subjects

Topics

FictionHistoryStories in rhymeAfrican AmericansChildren's fictionAfrican americans, fictionHarlem (new york, n.y.), fiction

Places

New YorkNew York (N.Y.)New York (State)Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Times

1898-195120th century

Other Editions

  • Sugar Hill2014

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