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No crystal stair : a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller
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No crystal stair : a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller
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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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Authors
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-
Subjects
Michaux, Lewis H., 1885-1976--Fiction.
Bookstores--Fiction.
African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
African Americans--History--20th century--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Language
English
Dimensions
26 cm.