¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines genre-Black Comedy To everyone’s surprise

To everyone’s surprise

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from Thich Nhat Hanh (“breathe”) to Wangari Maathai (“plant”)

Promotional poster created to celebrate the 2005 publication of Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein

What a way to start second grade

¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines genre-Black Comedy To everyone’s surpriseNew York Citys desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz. Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance togetheruntil first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro Cubans hit the scene with