Lewis, David L. 1936-

W.E.B. Du Bois by David L Lewis ( Book )
4 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 2,570 libraries worldwide
The two time Pulitzer Prize winning biography of W E B Du Bois from renowned scholar David Levering Lewis, now in one condensed and updated volume.

Harlem Renaissance : art of Black America ( Book )
7 editions published between 1987 and 1994 in English and held by 2,142 libraries worldwide
One hundred fifty works by Black artists in Harlem during the 1920s from the exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

When Harlem was in vogue by David L Lewis ( Book )
20 editions published between 1981 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,956 libraries worldwide
"Tremendous optimism filled the streets of Harlem during the decade and a half following World War I. Langston Hughes, Eubie Blake, Marcus Garvey, Zora Neale Hurston, Paul Robeson, and countless others began their careers; Afro-America made its first appearance on Broadway; musicians found new audiences in the chic who sought out the exotic in Harlem's whites-only nightclubs; riotous rent parties kept economic realities at bay; and A'Lelia Walker and Carl Van Vechten outdid each other with glittering "integrated" soirees. When Harlem Was in Vogue recaptures the excitement of those times, displaying the intoxicating hope that black Americans could create important art and compel the nation to recognize their equality. In this critically-acclaimed study of race assimilation, David Levering Lewis focuses on the creation and manipulation of an arts and belles-lettres culture by a tiny Afro-American elite, striving to enhance "race relations" in America, and ultimately, the upward mobility of the Afro-American masses. He demonstrates how black intellectuals developed a systematic program to bring artists to Harlem, conducting nation-wide searches for black talent and urging WASP and Jewish philanthropists (termed "Negrotarians" by Zora Neale Hurston) to help support writers. This extensively-researched, fascinating volume reveals the major significance of the Renaissance as a movement which sprang up in Harlem but lent its mood to the entire era, and as a culturally-vital period whose after-effects continue to add immeasurably to the richness and character of American life."--Publisher's description.

God's crucible : Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215 by David L Lewis ( Book )
15 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 1,647 libraries worldwide
In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian re-examines what we thought we knew. Lewis reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished--a beacon of cooperation and tolerance between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--while proto-Europe made virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, religious intolerance, perpetual war, and slavery.--From publisher description.

King; a critical biography by David L Lewis ( Book )
5 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and held by 1,565 libraries worldwide

W.E.B. DuBois--the fight for equality and the American century, 1919-1963 by David L Lewis ( Book )
4 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 1,357 libraries worldwide
Lewis charts the second half of Du Bois's career, from the end of World War I on.

The Portable Harlem Renaissance reader ( Book )
8 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 1,213 libraries worldwide
The best literature that emerged from a flowering of African American culture centered in Harlem between the world wars.

District of Columbia : a bicentennial history by David L Lewis ( Book )
1 edition published in 1976 in English and held by 1,186 libraries worldwide

King : a biography by David L Lewis ( Book )
9 editions published between 1970 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,176 libraries worldwide

The Civil rights movement in America : essays ( Book )
2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 1,041 libraries worldwide