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A dance like starlight

by Kristy Dempsey

DiscriminationJuvenile fictionHistoryAfrican AmericansBallet dancingFictionChildren's fictionAfrican americans, fiction

A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina. A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and she is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.

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Book data: Open Library