Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin - Michelle Meadows

Descriere Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin - Michelle Meadows

\nCelebrate James Baldwin's one-hundredth birthday anniversary with the first-ever illustrated biography of this legendary writer, orator, activist, and intellectual.\n \nBefore he became a writer, James Jimmy Baldwin was a young boy from Harlem, New York, who loved stories. He found joy in the rhythm of music, family, and books.\n \nBut Jimmy also found the blues, as a Black man living in America.\n \nWhen he discovered the written word, he discovered true power. Writing gave him a voice. And that voice opened the world to Jimmy. From the publication of the groundbreaking collection of essays The Fire Next Time to his passionate demonstrations during the civil rights movement, Jimmy used his voice fearlessly.\n \nMichelle Meadows, author of Brave Ballerina and Flying High, introduces young readers to the great American novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, orator, and artist James Baldwin, who, with the fire of his pen, dared a nation to dream of a more equitable world filled with love. Brought to life with warm illustrations by Jamiel Law, Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues chronicles the life of an incredible visionary who left an indelible mark on American literature and history.\n \n \n

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Harpercollins

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ENSTK

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9780063273474

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1

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