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Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The music, literature, and culture that came out of the Harlem Renaissance is still celebrated today--and continues to influence art around the world. This book explores the people and places that made the era so important. The Racial Justice in America: Excellence and Achievement series celebrates Black achievement and culture, while exploring racism in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate,...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
James Van Der Zee was just a young boy when he saved enough money to buy his first camera. He took photos of his family, classmates, and anyone who would sit still for a portrait. By the fifth grade, James was the school photographer and unofficial town photographer. Eventually he outgrew his small town and moved to the exciting, fast-paced world of New York City. After being told by his boss that no one would want his or her photo taken -by a black...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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Description
From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance-- paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. Taking inspiration from the unsung women poets of the era, Grimes uses the "Golden Shovel" poetry method to create original poems drawn from the words of ... groundbreaking...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Travel back in time to the 1920s and 1930s to the sounds of jazz in nightclubs and the 24-hours-a-day bustle of the famous Black neighborhood of Harlem in uptown Manhattan. It was a dazzling time when there was an outpouring of the arts of African Americans--the poetry of Langston Hughes, the novels of Zora Neale Hurston, the sculptures of Augusta Savage, and that brand-new music called jazz as only Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong could play it....
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Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
Cómo era el Harlem afroamericano de la década de 1920, con su explosión de nuevas ideas, música, arte y estilo? A los niños les encantará aprender sobre la creatividad y los logros de la comunidad afroamericana durante el increíble lugar y momento conocido como "el Renacimiento de Harlem".
What was African American Harlem like in the 1920s, with its explosion of new ideas, music, art and style? Kids will love learning about the creativity...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"From New York Times-bestselling author of ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE comes an illuminating set of profiles of Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance, interspersed with personal essays and spot illustrations by a Steptoe Award-winning illustrator"--
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