Ellington Was Not A Street

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Binding: Hardcover
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ISBN: 9780689828843
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Language: English
Page Count: 40
Publication Date: 1/1/2004
Size: 12.35" l x 9.29" w x 0.43
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Children Fiction Poetry
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there. These men of vision, brought to life in the majestic paintings of artist Kadir Nelson, lived at a time when the color of their skin dictated where they could live, what schools they could attend, and even where they could sit on a bus or in a movie theater. Yet in the face of this tremendous adversity, these dedicated souls and others like them not only demonstrated the importance of Black culture in America,

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