Ellington Was Not a Street

by Kadir Nelson, Ntozake Shange

2002 40 pages eng

In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there. These men of vision, brought to life in the majestic paintings of artist Kadir Nelson, lived at a time when the col…