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No crystal stair : a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller

No crystal stair : a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux.
Book 2012

Told by a banker that he should sell fried chicken rather than books, since "Negroes don't read", Lewis Michaux defies the odds to build Harlem's National Memorial African Bookstore, an intellectual center and gathering place from 1939 to 1975.

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African Americans Books and reading Juvenile fiction
Bookstores New York (State) New York Juvenile fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Juvenile fiction
Michaux, Lewis H., 1885-1976 Juvenile fiction
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ISBN:
9781541514911
9780761361695
Description:
188 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and "Index of historical characters."
LCCN:
2011021251
Control Number:
2594425
Other Authors:
Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator
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