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Chambers, Veronica

The Harlem Renaissance

(3) 4-6 African-American Achievers series. Beginning with a description of the first Literary Award Dinner sponsored by the National Urban League in 1925, this lively analysis offers an informative, inspiring account of the cultural blossoming of New York City's Harlem in the 1920s. Novelists, poets, artists, musicians, journalists, and intellectuals are all covered--and well-chosen black-and-white photos and color reprints of paintings from the period effectively complement the text. Bib., ind.

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