Search

Sarah is excited when she is invited to spend three days in New York to attend an art exhibition with her neighbor Senora Sanchez, but everything starts to go wrong when the Senora's tiny dog Bonita gets lost in the streets of Spanish Harlem.

Offers a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance, discussing how it sparked a period of intellectual, artistic, literary, and political blossoming for many African-Americans.

A visitor's guide to the restaurants, theater, arts, dancing, and jazz music of Harlem, New York, toward the end of the period known as the Harlem Renaissance, when African American arts flourished.

Presents a short study of the Renaissance Era in Harlem during the early twentieth century when African-American literature, art, and music crossed racial barriers and were accepted by white Americans.

"Two best friends, a writer and a runner, deal with bullies, family issues, social pressures, and their quest for success coming out of Harlem"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the Harlem Renaissance, discussing how the cultural movement produced some of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.

Contains a collection of color photographs in which Alice Attie documents the people, art, and buildings of Harlem, capturing the traditionally African-American neighborhood at a time of transition from a working-class center of cultural pride to a more gentrified, sanitized community.

A collection of writings, including fiction and essays, that combine to present a portrait of New York's Harlem community as it has changed throughout history.

An autobiography of Claude Brown, describing his life and that of other African Americans in New York City's Harlem area.

Seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha, find their love tested when Antonio is wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.

Contains critical articles which analyze important literary works from the Harlem Renaissance and provide information about the genre's most influential writers and works.

A chronological account of early Harlem covering its literature, painting, music, clubs, churches, and individuals who played important roles in the community.

The author recalls his early experiences with poverty and discrimination, his involvement with drugs and gangs, and his prison sentence for armed robbery which led to his rehabilitation and work with street gangs and drug addicts.

Examines important accomplishments and events in the history of African-Americans, focusing on the Harlem Renaissance; and includes short biographies of notable men and women, as well as a glossary, a list of related Internet sites, and an index.

Describes the events of the Harlem Renaissance and explains its impact on arts and culture, in a book where the reader's choices reveal the historical details from three different perspectives.