Schomburg : the man who built a library / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.

Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked. Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors: Velasquez, Eric (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, > 1874-1938 > Juvenile literature.
Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History > Juvenile literature.
African American historians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Historians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American book collectors > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Book collectors > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Picture books for children.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, > 1874-1938.
Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History.
African American book collectors.
African American historians.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
Book collectors.
Historians.
Puerto Ricans.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
1900-1999
Picture books.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Picture books.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:37 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Format: Book

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