Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE



Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of great black men and women during the fabulous Harlem Renaissance:



louis "satchmo" armstrong

eubie blake

thomas andrew dorsey

w. e. b. du bois

duke ellington

james reese europe

jessie redmon fauset

marcus garvey

w. c. handy

fletcher henderson

langston hughes

zora neale hurston

hall johnson

henry johnson

oscar micheaux

philip payton jr.

gertrude "ma" rainey

paul robeson

augusta savage

noble sissle

bessie smith

james van der zee

dorothy west

carter g. woodson



"The books in the Black Stars series are the types of books that would have really captivated me as a kid."

-Earl G. Graves, Black Enterprise magazine



"Inspiring stories that demonstrate what can happen when ingenuity and tenacity are paired with courage and hard work."

-Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books



"Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history."

-Booklist



"The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies."

-Horn Book