Harlem's Little Blackbird

Author(s) Renee Watson
Illustrator(s) Christian Robinson
Age Group 4-8
Publisher Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 978-0375869730
Year 2012

Florence Mills, born to parents who were former-slaves, knew early on that she loved to sing. Her dancing and singing catapulted her all the way to the stages of 1920s Broadway where she inspired songs and even entire plays! Yet with all this success, she knew firsthand how bigotry shaped her world. And when she was offered the role of a lifetime from Ziegfeld himself, she chose to support all-black musicals instead.