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Rockwell, Anne F.
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Jenkins' Orphanage Band -- Juvenile literature.
Musicians, Black -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
Ragtime music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.
Orphans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
Orphanages -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
Bands (Music) -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
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Rockwell, Anne F.
Jenkins' Orphanage Band -- Juvenile literature.
Musicians, Black -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
Ragtime music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.
Orphans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
Orphanages -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
Bands (Music) -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Juvenile literature.
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Hey, Charleston! : the true story of the
Jenkins
Orphanage
Band
/ Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Colin Bootman.
by
Rockwell, Anne F.
Carolrhoda Books, c2013.
Call #:
784.44 R684h
Subjects
Jenkins
'
Orphanage
Band
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Musicians, Black
--
South Carolina
--
Charleston
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Blacks
--
South Carolina
--
Charleston
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Ragtime music
--
History and criticism
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Orphans
--
South Carolina
--
Charleston
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Orphanages
--
South Carolina
--
Charleston
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Bands (Music)
--
South Carolina
--
Charleston
--
Juvenile
literature
.
ISBN:
9780761355656 (library binding : alkaline paper)
0761355650 (library binding : alkaline paper)
Alternate title:
True story of the
Jenkins
Orphanage
Band
Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Color illustrations on end papers.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"What happened when a former slave took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans? Thousands of futures got a little brighter and a great American art form was born. In 1891, Reverend Daniel Joseph
Jenkins
opened his
orphanage
in Charleston, South Carolina. He soon had hundreds of children and needed a way to support them.
Jenkins
asked townspeople to donate old
band
instruments - some of which had last played in the hands of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. He found teachers to show the kids how to play. Soon the
orphanage
had a
band
. And what a
band
it was. The
Jenkins
Orphanage
Band
caused a sensation on the streets of Charleston. People called the
band
's style of music "rag" - a rhythm inspired by the African-American people who lived on the South Carolina and Georgia coast. The children performed as far away as Paris and London, and they earned enough money to support the
orphanage
that still exists today. They also helped launch the music we now know as jazz. Hey, Charleston! is the story of the kind man who gave America "some rag" and so much more."--Jacket flap.
Awards:
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Other authors:
Bootman, Colin.
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Dartmouth North Public Library
Children's Black Nonfiction
784.44 R684h
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