Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance

Name: Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance
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ISBN: 9780471211525

ISBN-10: 0471211524

ISBN-13: 9780471211525

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jim Haskins, Eleanora E. Tate, Clinton Cox, Brenda Wilkinson

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A collection of inspiring biographical profiles that bring notable African Americans from the Harlem Renaissance to life for young readers This fascinating book brings the lives of twenty pivotal figures of the famous Harlem Renaissance-an exciting cultural period in American history. Each well-rounded portrait reveals the origins, challenges, and achievements of many of this period's unsung heroes and innovators as well as the stories of the famous and legendary figures of the time. Gorgeously illustrated with many vintage photographs, this latest installment of the acclaimed Black Star series also includes timelines, an index, notes, and a bibliography.

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/13/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 7.54" wide x 9.29" long x 0.28" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Black Stars biographies are written by leading African American children s book writers. JIM HASKINS has written more than 100 nonfiction books for young readers. A professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Haskins has won numerous awards, including the Washington Post Children s Book Guild Award, the Carter G. Woodson Award, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award.



Acknowledgments


Introduction


W. E. B. Du Bois


W. C. Handy


Philip A. Payton Jr.


Jessie Redmon Fauset


Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle


Oscar Micheaux


Gertrude "Ma" Rainey


James Van Der Zee


Marcus Garvey


Francis Hall Johnson


Zora Neale Hurston


Augusta Savage


Bessie Smith


Paul Robeson


Duke Ellington


Thomas Andrew Dorsey


Louis Armstrong


Langston Hughes


Dorothy West


Chronology


Notes


Bibliography


Picture Credits


Author Credits


Index