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Name: The Book Itch : Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

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The Book Itch : Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

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Follett Number: 1257UA5
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books, 2015
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
LCCN: 2013-040520
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

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African Americans New York (State) New York Fiction

Bookstores Fiction

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) History 20th Century Fiction

Michaux, Lewis H., 1885-1976 Fiction

National Memorial African Bookstore Fiction

Includes bibliographical references. Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Lewis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Lewis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.

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