Ellington Was Not a Street Cover:Hardcover With a foreword from John

With a foreword from John Legend and contributions from Brontez Purnell

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Ellington Was Not a Street Cover:Hardcover With a foreword from JohnFeaturing luminous art by Coretta Scott King Awardwinning illustrator Kadir Nelson, this reflective picture book by poet Ntozake Shange looks back at the great Black thinkers and innovators who visited her fathers house. A close knit group of Black innovators formed their own community in the early to mid twentieth century. These men of vision lived at a time when the color of their skin dictated where they could live, what schools they could attend,