Harlem Stomp!

A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance

Boston : Megan Tingley Books/Little, Brown, [2004]

Format: Book

Edition: First edition.

Description: 151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

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illustrated book is a veritable time capsule, packed with poetry, prose, photographs, full-colour paintings and historical documents.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.

Contents: Song of smoke; the smoldering Black consciousness, 1900-1910 -- Moving out, fighting back; the great migration, organizing for freedom, and World War I, 1911-1920 -- Black metropolis; the rise of Harlem, 1900-1920 -- Dam breaking; Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, and opportunity in the arts, 1921-1924 -- Fire!!; an explosion of creativity -- Dark tower; a social breakthrough -- Stompin' at the Savoy; music and dance of the Renaissance -- Heritage unbound; Blacks and the American theater -- Against all odds; visual artists and their struggle for recognition -- Rage in the streets; the waning of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Harlem riots.

Subjects:
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Harlem Renaissance -- Juvenile literature.
African American arts -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American arts -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Target Audience: 1270L

ISBN: 0316814113 (alk. paper)