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Ellington Was Not a Street Hardcover – Picture Book, January 1, 2004
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A close-knit group of Black innovators formed their own community in the early to mid-twentieth century. These men of vision lived at a time when the color of their skin dictated where they could live, what schools they could attend, and even where they could sit on a bus or in a movie theater.
Yet in the face of this tremendous adversity, these dedicated souls and others like them not only demonstrated the importance of Black culture in America, but also helped issue in a movement that changed the world. Their lives and their works inspire us to this day and serve as a guide to how we approach the challenges of tomorrow.
- Reading age5 - 11 years
- Print length40 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelKindergarten - 6
- Lexile measureNP
- Dimensions9 x 0.4 x 12 inches
- PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2004
- ISBN-109780689828843
- ISBN-13978-0689828843
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About the Author
Kadir Nelson is an award-winning American artist whose works have been exhibited in major national and international publications, institutions, art galleries, and museums. Nelson’s work has won the Coretta Scott King Award, the Robert F. Sibert Award, two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Awards, and the 2005 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. His beloved, award-winning, and bestselling picture books include We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball; Thunder Rose, written by Jerdine Nolen; Ellington Was Not a Street, written by Ntozake Shange; Salt in His Shoes, written by Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan; and many more. Kadir lives in Los Angeles.
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- ASIN : 0689828845
- Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; 1st edition (January 1, 2004)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 40 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780689828843
- ISBN-13 : 978-0689828843
- Reading age : 5 - 11 years
- Lexile measure : NP
- Grade level : Kindergarten - 6
- Item Weight : 1.13 pounds
- Dimensions : 9 x 0.4 x 12 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #945,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,017 in Children's Books on Prejudice & Racism
- #1,843 in Children's Multicultural Biographies
- #2,198 in Children's Black & African American Story Books
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Ntozake Shange, poet, novelist, playwright, and performer, wrote the Broadway-produced and Obie Award-winning For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf. She has also written numerous works of fiction, including Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo, Betsy Brown, and Liliane.
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