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Author Hill, Laban Carrick.

Title Harlem stomp! : a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance / by Laban Carrick Hill.

Publication Info. Boston : Megan Tingley Books/Little, Brown, [2004]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 974.71 HILL    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J810.9 HIL    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J810.9 HIL    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA810.9 H553    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J 974.71 HILL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 810.9 HIL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 810.9 HILL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 810.9 HILL    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  810.9 HILL    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J810.9 H55H    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and index.
Contents Song of smoke; the smoldering Black consciousness, 1900-1910 -- Moving out, fighting back; the great migration, organizing for freedom, and World War I, 1911-1920 -- Black metropolis; the rise of Harlem, 1900-1920 -- Dam breaking; Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, and opportunity in the arts, 1921-1924 -- Fire!!; an explosion of creativity -- Dark tower; a social breakthrough -- Stompin' at the Savoy; music and dance of the Renaissance -- Heritage unbound; Blacks and the American theater -- Against all odds; visual artists and their struggle for recognition -- Rage in the streets; the waning of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Harlem riots.
Summary A whirlwind tour of the Harlem Renaissance era of the early 20th century.
Subject African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Harlem Renaissance -- Juvenile literature.
African American arts -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American arts -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Harlem Renaissance.
African American arts -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780316034241 (paperback)
9780316814119 (alkaline paper)
0316814113 alkaline paper
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