Title: A dance like starlight
Description: A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.

A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and she is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
Subjects: Discrimination, Juvenile fiction, History, African Americans, Ballet dancing, Fiction, Children's fiction, African americans, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Discrimination, fiction, Picture books for children
Places: New York (N.Y.)
People: Janet Collins (1917-2003)
Time periods: 1951-