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
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Includes bibliographical references
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platesillustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 8-12, Penguin Workshop
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
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bibliography
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1243969591
Responsibility statement
by Sherri L. Smith ; illustrated by Tim Foley
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 -- Timelines
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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