No crystal stair a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller /

Told by a banker that he should sell fried chicken rather than books, since "Negroes don't read", Lewis Michaux defies the odds to build Harlem's National Memorial African Bookstore, an intellectual center and gathering place from 1939 to 1975.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
Corporate Author: Adobe Systems (Typographer)
Other Authors: Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Lab, [2012]
Physical Description:
188 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects:
Michaux, Lewis H., -- 1885-1976. -- Juvenile fiction.
Michaux, Lewis H., -- 1885-1976. -- Fiction.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Bookstores -- Juvenile fiction.
Success -- Juvenile fiction.
Diligence -- Juvenile fiction.
Bookstores -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Books and reading -- Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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