Acknowledgments v
Introduction 1
W. E. B. Du Bois 5
W. C. Handy 13
Philip A. Payton Jr. 19
Jessie Redmon Fauset 23
Bubie Blake and Noble Sissle 28
Oscar Micheaux 34
Gertrude “Ma” Rainey 39
James Van Der Zee 43
Marcus Garvey 48
Francis Hall Johnson 54
Zora Neale Hurston 59
Augusta Savage 65
Bessie Smith 70
Paul Robeson 73
Duke Ellington 80
Thomas Andrew Dorsey 86
Louis Armstrong 91
Langston Hughes 95
Dorothy West 102
Chronology 107
Notes 109
Bibliography 112
Picture Credits 115
Author Credits 116
Index 117
Black Stars biographies are written by leading African American children s book writers. JIM HASKINS has written more than 100 nonfiction books for young readers. A professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Haskins has won numerous awards, including the Washington Post Children s Book Guild Award, the Carter G. Woodson Award, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award.
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