A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life, Oppression & Resilience
Content: Economic Struggle
Settings: New York, Northern America, United States of America
Ethnicity: Unspecified
Gender: Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary