Harlem stomp! : a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance

Harlem stomp! : a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance / by Laban Carrick Hill.

Author/creator	Hill, Laban Carrick
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Little, Brown, ©2003.
Description	151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Subject(s)	African Americans--Intellectual life --20th century --Juvenile literature. Harlem Renaissance--Juvenile literature. African American arts--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.

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.
Abstract	A whirlwind tour of the Harlem Renaissance era of the early 20th century.
General note	"Megan Tingley books."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-142) and index.
LCCN	2002073067
ISBN	0316814113 (alk. paper)
Stock number	Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com