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The Legendary Miss Lena Horne
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator: Elizabeth Zunon
Ages: 9+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-4814-6824-4
Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, African Americans, Diversity, Performers
Despite racial prejudice and political persecution, Lena Horne became a successful performer and a vibrant civil rights activist. Oil and collage illustrations.