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Book Cover for: A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir, Jason Diakité

A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir

Jason Diakité
Harlem StageHarlem Stage

@jasontimbuktu's A Drop of Midnight comes to Harlem Stage. With music & storytelling, he shares his experiences growing up in Sweden overcoming racism and more to become one of the country's biggest hip hop artists and best-selling authors. Get Tickets:https://bit.ly/3njttXb https://t.co/7NltOskj7u

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Book Cover for: Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, Aidan Levy

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

Aidan Levy
Harlem StageHarlem Stage

From our friends @SchomburgCenter! TUE, 12/6 at 7PM they host a book launch to celebrate the release of Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins by Aidan Levy. The Center holds the materials of Rollins in its collections. #SchomburgCenter https://t.co/jO8ZUJuh6G https://t.co/GYmyRseyww

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Book Cover for: Funnyhouse of a Negro, Adrienne Kennedy

Funnyhouse of a Negro

Adrienne Kennedy
Harlem StageHarlem Stage

Pictured is Adrienne Kennedy, writer of the play FunnyHouse of a Negro. Image provided to Harlem Stage courtesy of Ms. Kennedy, which was taken during the time the work was first in production in 1964. Tickets for our show featuring her work in link below https://t.co/bY1R6dycxh https://t.co/kaqZzIdbXJ

Paperback, 2011

$13.95Member price:$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Learn more: Color and paint, A. P

Learn more: Color and paint

A. P
Harlem StageHarlem Stage

From our friends @PBS. The latest series by renowned scholar @HenryLouisGates, MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE chronicles the vast social networks & organizations created by & for Black people beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” Learn More: https://t.co/MJSo4Bn7Qb https://t.co/DYP8L7JUiy

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Book Cover for: Trouble in Mind, Alice Childress

Trouble in Mind

Alice Childress
Harlem StageHarlem Stage

Harlem Stage Board Member @laChanze talks to @BroadwayDirect about Alice Childress’s play "Trouble in Mind" and its "moving look at racism, identity, and ego in the world of New York theater." https://t.co/84vkNQPvKl https://t.co/4qwiNq6AL3

Paperback, 2022

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Black Power Movement, Rebecca Rissman

Black Power Movement

Rebecca Rissman
Harlem StageHarlem Stage

We are excited to present our new series #BlackArtsMovement: Examined. Join us for seven programs that examine this cultural movement of the 1960s & 70s and its relationship to race, gender, sexuality, art, and the Black Power Movement. GET TICKETS at: https://t.co/TGkCF6ciBb https://t.co/UeFuz7DlrO

Hardcover, 2014

$37.07Member price:$18.53 + Free shipping50% off your first book