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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE

Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of great black men and women during the fabulous Harlem Renaissance:

louis "satchmo" armstrong
eubie blake
thomas andrew dorsey
w. e. b. du bois
duke ellington
james reese europe
jessie redmon fauset
marcus garvey
w. c. handy
fletcher henderson
langston hughes
zora neale hurston
hall johnson
henry johnson
oscar micheaux
philip payton jr.
gertrude "ma" rainey
paul robeson
augusta savage
noble sissle
bessie smith
james van der zee
dorothy west
carter g. woodson

"The books in the Black Stars series are the types of books that would have really captivated me as a kid."
-Earl G. Graves, Black Enterprise magazine

"Inspiring stories that demonstrate what can happen when ingenuity and tenacity are paired with courage and hard work."
-Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books

"Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history."
-Booklist

"The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies."
-Horn Book

Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance

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Paperback / softback by Jim Haskins , Eleanora E. Tate

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
    Publication Date: 24/09/2002
    ISBN13: 9780471211525, 978-0471211525
    ISBN10: 0471211524

    Number of Pages: 128

    Children & Teen , Children's Non-Fiction

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    AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE

    Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of great black men and women during the fabulous Harlem Renaissance:

    louis "satchmo" armstrong
    eubie blake
    thomas andrew dorsey
    w. e. b. du bois
    duke ellington
    james reese europe
    jessie redmon fauset
    marcus garvey
    w. c. handy
    fletcher henderson
    langston hughes
    zora neale hurston
    hall johnson
    henry johnson
    oscar micheaux
    philip payton jr.
    gertrude "ma" rainey
    paul robeson
    augusta savage
    noble sissle
    bessie smith
    james van der zee
    dorothy west
    carter g. woodson

    "The books in the Black Stars series are the types of books that would have really captivated me as a kid."
    -Earl G. Graves, Black Enterprise magazine

    "Inspiring stories that demonstrate what can happen when ingenuity and tenacity are paired with courage and hard work."
    -Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books

    "Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history."
    -Booklist

    "The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies."
    -Horn Book

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