LoginThe Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore (Carolrhoda Picture Books)
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"In the 1930s, Lewis's dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had an itch he needed to scratch a book itch. How to scratch it? He started a bookstore in Harlem and named it the National Memorial African Bookstore.
And as far as Lewis Michaux Jr. could tell, his father's bookstore was one of a kind. People from all over came to visit the store, even famous people Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, to name a few. In his father's bookstore people bought and read books, and they also learned from each other. People swapped and traded ideas and talked about how things could change. They came together here all because of his father's book itch. Re
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Manufacturer: Carolrhoda Books
Release date: 1 November 2015
ISBN-10 : 0761339434 | ISBN-13: 9780761339434
Release date: 1 November 2015
ISBN-10 : 0761339434 | ISBN-13: 9780761339434
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