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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Griffin, Farah Jasmine.     Subjects     Petry, Ann, 1908-1997.     Primus, Pearl.     Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981.     Women, Black -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.     Women, Black -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.     New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.     Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Griffin, Farah Jasmine.       by title:      Harlem nocturne : wo...       by call number:      704.042 G851h     Search the Web     Griffin, Farah Jasmine.     Petry, Ann, 1908-1997.     Primus, Pearl.     Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981.     Women, Black -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.     Women, Black -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.     New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.     Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Harlem nocturne : women artists & progressive politics during World War II / Farah Jasmine Griffin. by Griffin, Farah Jasmine. Basic Civitas Books, c2013. Call #: 704.042 G851h Subjects Petry, Ann, 1908-1997.   Primus, Pearl.   Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981.   Women, Black -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.   Women, Black -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.   New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.   Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780465018758 (hc.) 0465018750 (hc.) Description:  xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index. Contents:  Pearl Primus : dancing freedom -- Ann Petry : walking Harlem -- Rollin' with Mary Lou Williams. Summary:  "In Harlem Nocturne, eminent scholar Farah Jasmine Griffin tells the stories of three black female artists who emerged during this period of unprecedented openness, flourishing professionally while also making enormous political strides for their fellow women and African Americans. Novelist Ann Petry, choreographer and dancer Pearl Primus, and composer and pianist Mary Lou Williams all achieved great fame during the 1940s."--Publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 704.042 G851h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sheet Harbour Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 704.042 G851h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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