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1) Strange fruit: Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song

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Golio, Gary

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

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Tells the story of how Billie Holiday and songwriter Abel Meeropol combined their talents to create "Strange Fruit," the iconic protest song that brought attention to lynching and racism in America.

2) Dark was the night

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Golio, Gary

Publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books

Pub. Date

Language

English

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Picture Books Biographies: Black Americans

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"The story of Blind Willie Johnson--the legendary Texas musician whose song "Dark Was the Night" was included on the Voyager I space probe's Golden Record"--

3) Spirit seeker: John Coltrane's musical journey

Author

Golio, Gary

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

4) When Bob met Woody: [the story of the young Bob Dylan]

Author

Golio, Gary

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

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This picture book biography follows a young Bob Zimmerman as he renames himself after his favorite poet, Dylan Thomas, and leaves his mining town to pursue his love of music in New York City. There, he meets his folk music hero Woody Guthrie, changing his life forever.

5) Everywhere beauty is Harlem: the vision of photographer Roy Decarava

Author

Golio, Gary

Publisher

Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

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"This visually stunning portrait of Black photographer Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, takes readers through 1940s Harlem where beauty is everywhere as he immortalizes and documents the lives of ordinary Black people. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations."--

6) Sonny Rollins plays the bridge

Author

Golio, Gary

Publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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"Jazz icon Sonny Rollins found an inspired spot to practice his saxophone when his neighbors complained"--

7) Carlos Santana: sound of the heart, song of the world

Author

Golio, Gary

Publisher

Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

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Presents the childhood story of Carlos Santana, from his early exposure to mariachi to his successful fusing of rock, blues, jazz, and Latin influences.