Bibliograph

Mambo mucho mambo!, the dance that crossed color lines, Dean Robbins ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Type

Label

Mambo mucho mambo!, the dance that crossed color lines, Dean Robbins ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mambo mucho mambo!

Oclc number

1268476381

Responsibility statement

Dean Robbins ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Sub title

the dance that crossed color lines

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." -- Amazon

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

¡Mambo mucho mambo!

Classification