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Joy goddess : A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance

Joy goddess : A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance

Bundles, A'Lelia Perry, author.
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"Dubbed the "joy goddess of Harlem's 1920s" by poet Langston Hughes, A'Lelia Walker, daughter of millionaire entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and the author's great-grandmother and namesake, is a fascinating figure whose legendary parties and Dark Tower salon helped define the Harlem Renaissance. After inheriting her mother's hair care enterprise, A'Lelia would become America's first high profile black heiress and a prominent patron of the arts. Jo...

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African American women New York (State) New York Biography
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Walker, A'Lelia, 1885-1931
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ISBN:
9781416544425
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition
Description:
xix, 363 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Control Number:
3370018
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