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

 

This is volume 15 in Black Stars .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd .

BRENDA WILKINSON is a recipient of a School Library Journal Best Children's Book Award, an American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults Award, and a New York Times Book Review Outstanding Children's Book of the Year Award. JIM HASKINS has written more than one hundred nonfiction books for young readers, including Diary of a Harlem School Teacher; his collaboration with Rosa Parks on her autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story; The Harlem Renaissance; and Black Eagles: African Americans in Aviation. He is Professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the winner of numerous awards, including the Washington Post Children's Book Guild Award for the body of his work, the Carter G. Woodson Award, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award. CLINTON COX, a journalist and award-winning childrenis book author, has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Several of his childrenis books have been honored as CBS/NCSS Notable Childrenis Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies. Jim Haskins has written more than 100 books for young readers. He is Professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the winner of numerous awards, including the Washington Post Childrenis Book Guild Award for the body of his work. ELEANORA E. TATE is a children's book author who has won numerous awards, including a CBC/NCSS Notable Childrens Trade Book in the field of social studies for Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ! and a Parent's Choice Gold Seal Award for The Secret of Gumbo Grove. JIM HASKINS has written more than 100 nonfiction books for young readers. A professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Haskins has won numerous awards, including the Washington Post Childrens Book Guild Award. James Haskins is a highly-esteemed chronicler of Africana American history and has written more than a hundred books. He is a Professor at the University of Florida.

This book has the following chapters: Acknowledgments. Introduction. W. E. B. Du Bois. W. C. Handy. Philip A. Payton Jr. Jessie Redmon Fauset. Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle. Oscar Micheaux. Gertrude "Ma" Rainey. James Van Der Zee. Marcus Garvey. Francis Hall Johnson. Zora Neale Hurston. Augusta Savage. Bessie Smith. Paul Robeson. Duke Ellington. Thomas Andrew Dorsey. Louis Armstrong. Langston Hughes. Dorothy West. Chronology. Notes. Bibliography. Picture Credits. Author Credits. Index.