Sugar Hill : Harlem's historic neighborhood / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Author:: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
Published:: [Chicago, Illinois] : Albert Whitman & Company, 2014.
Physical Description:: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Additional Creators:: Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-

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Summary:

Rhyming text celebrates the Harlem neighborhood that successful African Americans first called home during the 1920s. Includes brief biographies of jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sonny Rollins, and Miles Davis; artists Aaron Douglas and Faith Ringgold; entertainers Lena Horne and the Nicholas Brothers; writer Zora Neale Hurston; civil rights leader W. E. B. DuBois; and lawyer Thurgood Marshall.

Subject(s):

African Americans—New York (State)—New York—Fiction
Stories in rhyme
African Americans—Fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)—History—20th century—Fiction
New York (N.Y.)—History—1898-1951—Fiction

ISBN:

9780807576502 (hardback)
0807576506 (hardback)

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