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Author Robbins, Dean, 1957- author.

Title Mambo mucho mambo! : the dance that crossed color lines / Dean Robbins ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.

Publication Info. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2021.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 793.3 Rob    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
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Summary "Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together...until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating Latin jazz, music for the head, the heart, and the hips. Then the Palladium Ballroom issued a bold challenge to segregation and threw open its doors to all. Illustrated with verve and told through real-life characters who feature in an afterword, Mambo Mucho Mambo! portrays the power of music and dance to transcend racial, religious, and ethnic boundaries"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Mambo (Dance) -- Juvenile literature.
Latin jazz -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Picture books.
Subject Mambo (Dance)
Latin jazz.
Jazz.
Dance.
Picture books.
Added Author Velasquez, Eric, illustrator.
ISBN 9781536206081 (lib. bdg.)
1536206083 (lib. bdg.)

 
    
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