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Author:

McKissack, Lisa Beringer.

Title:

Women of the Renaissance.

Edition:

1st.

Publisher:

Compass Point Books

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

Hardcover 48 pp : black & white photographs ; 23.5 cm.

Subject:

African American women authors, artists, singers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Intellectual life--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American arts--New York (State)--New York--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

This book provides information about the talented women living in New York City's community of Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, who took their experiences of being black females and shaped them into meaningful careers as writers, artists, and musicians.

ISBN:

0756520347
9780756520342

LCCN:

2006027095

Locations:

VWPC964 -- Calmar Public Library (Calmar)