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Remember Her Name!
Debbie Allen's Rise to Fame
Tami Charles
Item #:
9781623545659
Price:
$17.99
Young Debbie Allen was blocked from the local dance school in
the 1950s Jim Crow American South. In order to allow Debbie to
pursue her dream, Debbie’s mother moved with her to Mexico
where Debbie studied at the Ballet Nacional de Mexico. When
they returned to Texas, Debbie was admitted to the Houston
Ballet Foundation as the company’s first Black dancer, and a
legendary career began.
Inspired by author Tami Charles’s interviews with Debbie Allen
herself, this picture books is an ode to creativity and
perseverance, as well as a chronicle a dancer's education in
the face of adversity.Book, 32 pages.
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