No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller (Carolrhoda Ya Ser.)

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Synopsis
"You can't walk straight on a crooked line. You do you'll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked system?" Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white banker told him to sell fried chicken, not books, because "Negroes don't read," Lewis took five books and one hundred dollars and built the National Memorial African Bookstore. It soon became the intellectual center of Harlem, a refuge for everyone from Muhammad Ali to Malcolm X. In No Crystal Stair, Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson combines meticulous research with a storyteller's flair to document the life and times of her great-uncle Lewis Michaux, an extraordinary literacy pioneer of the Civil Rights era. "A stirring and through-provoking account of an unsung figure in 20th-century American history." –starred, Kirkus Reviews "An extraordinary, inspiring book to put into the hands of scholars and skeptics alike." –starred, The Horn Book Magazine "An engrossing blend of history, art, and storytelling in this deeply moving tribute to a singular individual." –starred, Publisher Weekly "Bring[s] to life an unheralded individualist whose story will engage readers." –starred, School Library Journal
Copyright:
2012

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
192 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781467768078
Related ISBNs:
9780761387275, 9781467731775
Publisher:
Lerner Publishing Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Teens, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
Grade Levels:
Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Reading Age:
12–18
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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