Title: Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance
Description: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE    Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of great black men and women during the fabulous Harlem Renaissance:    louis "satchmo" armstrong  eubie blake  thomas andrew dorsey  w. e. b. du bois  duke ellington  james reese europe  jessie redmon fauset  marcus garvey  w. c. handy  fletcher henderson  langston hughes  zora neale hurston  hall johnson  henry johnson  oscar micheaux  philip payton jr.  gertrude "ma" rainey  paul robeson  augusta savage  noble sissle  bessie smith  james van der zee  dorothy west  carter g. woodson    "The books in the Black Stars series are the types of books that would have really captivated me as a kid."  -Earl G. Graves, Black Enterprise magazine    "Inspiring stories that demonstrate what can happen when ingenuity and tenacity are paired with courage and hard work."  -Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books     "Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history."  -Booklist    "The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies."  -Horn Book
Subjects: History, Juvenile Nonfiction, Multi-Cultural, Nonfiction, Harlem Renaissance, Juvenile literature, Biography, African American artists, African American authors, African american authors, African americans, biography, juvenile literature, African american artists, Harlem renaissance, Écrivains noirs américains, Biographies, Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Artistes noirs américains, JUVENILE NONFICTION, Art, General, Biography & Autobiography