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Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times-bestselling author of ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE comes an illuminating set of profiles of Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance, interspersed with personal essays and spot illustrations by a Steptoe Award-winning illustrator"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Black Panther is one of the most popular superhero films of all time, and its massive success helped its star--Chadwick Boseman--become a household name. How did Boseman get cast as this groundbreaking hero, and how did he prepare for this role? Readers discover the answers to these questions and more through clear text written at an achievable level for readers at a variety of ages. Full-color photographs of Boseman at work and on the red carpet...
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Imagine a world in which gospel, the blues, jazz, R & B, and rock 'n' roll didn't exist. These indigenous American musical forms are the product of, and a moving expression of the African American experience. Musical geniuses and innovators like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, B.B. King, and Jimi Hendrix turned individual and collective histories of suffering and injustice into soul-stirring, monumental art that shattered boundaries,...
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Donald Glover is an actor, writer, director, producer, and comedian-as well as other things! Perhaps best known for his roles in Solo: A Star Wars Story, the Lion King remake, and the TV series Atlanta, he also raps under the name Childish Gambino. Grammy-winning, Emmy-winning Glover is a prolific creator, and young readers will love discovering how he's become one of the most respected people in the entertainment industry today. This comprehensible...
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The thread of modern Black culture in the United States winds back hundreds of years across thousands of miles. Humanity can trace its roots to Africa and people of that vast continent created art, music, poetry, and epic legends that influenced countless societies that followed"--
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