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The blues walked in /

"In 1936, life on the road means sleeping on the bus or in hotels for blacks only. After finishing her tour with Nobel Sissel's orchestra, nineteen year-old Lena Horne is walking the last few blocks to her father's hotel in Pittsburgh's Hill District. She stops at a lemonade stan...

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Main Author: George, Kathleen, 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Subjects and Genres:
Horne, Lena > Childhood and youth > Fiction.
Horne, Lena > Childhood and youth.
Horne, Lena.
1900-1999
African American singers > 20th century > Fiction.
Singers > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Lebanese Americans > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Chanteurs noirs américains > 20e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Chanteurs > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Jeunes femmes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Noirs américains > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Américains d'origine libanaise > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Amitié féminine > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Racisme > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
African American singers > Fiction. > 20th century.
Race relations.
African American singers.
African Americans.
Female friendship.
Lebanese Americans.
Manners and customs.
Racism.
Singers.
Young women.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
United States > Race relations > 20th century > Fiction.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > 20e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > 20th century.
Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
United States.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
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Call Number: UPA/Al PS 3557 .E487 B58 2018
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