Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance by Laban Carrick Hill
	List Price:   $26.99 Unit Price:   $21.59 You Save:   $5.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0316814113 ISBN-13:   9780316814119 Publisher:   Hachette; Little Brown Books for Young Readers Category:   Non-Fiction Pub. Date:   January 2004 Pages:   160 Format:   Hardcover Grades:   7 to 17
Awards
2004  National Book Awards  Nominee/Honoree  2007  Garden State Teen Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
HARLEM (NEW YORK, N.Y.) AFRICAN AMERICANS_INTELLECTUAL LIFE
Description/Notes
'Harlem Stomp!' brings the Harlem Renaissance alive for young adults. It chronicles the work of prominent Harlem artists, activists & writers, including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Sargent Johnson & Marcus Garvey. The first book to bring the Harlem Renaissance alive for young adults, this meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated book is a veritable time capsule, packed with poetry, prose, photographs, full-colour paintings and historical documents. It chronicles the work of prominent Harlem Renaissance artists, activists and writers, including Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston, Sargent Johnson and Marcus Garvey. A rich exploration of one of the most important and exciting periods in American cultural history. Ages 12 and up. Lavishly illustrated with sepia-tone photographs, reproductions of historical documents, and full-color paintings, 'Harlem Stomp!' is both a historical exploration and a lively celebration of the Harlem Renaissance.