Ellington was not a street
By: written by Ntozake Shange ; illustrations by Kadir Nelson.
Contributors: Nelson, Kadir, ill.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Juvenile poetry.; African American artists -- Juvenile poetry.; African American girls -- Juvenile poetry.; Children's poetry, American.; African Americans -- Poetry.; American poetry.
Genres: Juvenile poetry.; Poetry.
Description: A tribute to select African American men including Paul Robeson, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) DuBois, Ray Barretto, Earlington Carl "Sonny Til" Tilghman, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Dr. Kwane Nkrumah, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Virgil "Honey Bear" Atkins, and the Clovers.