What was the Harlem Renaissance?, by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?, by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-107)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 8-12, Penguin Workshop
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1288577165
Responsibility statement
by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley
Series statement
Who was?An official Who HQ book
Summary
"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. Author Sherri L. Smith traces Harlem's history all the way to its seventeenth-century roots, and explains how the early-twentieth-century Great Migration brought African Americans from the deep South to New York City and gave birth to the golden years of the Harlem Renaissance"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
What Was the Harlem Renaissance? -- Welcome to Harlem! -- Changing times -- On with the show! -- A night to remember -- New voices -- All that Jazz -- Artists of the Renaissance -- Stars of stage and screen -- The end . . . and after
Target audience
juvenile
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- New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American arts -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Harlem Renaissance -- Juvenile literature
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- New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American arts -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Harlem Renaissance -- Juvenile literature
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