The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History by Karen Valby

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

Karen Valby with Karlya Shelton-Benjamin (Narrator), Sheila Rohan (Narrator), Lydia Abarca Mitchell (Narrator), Marcia Lynn Sells (Narrator), Khadija Tariyan McKinney G. (Narrator), January LaVoy (Narrator)

10 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

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The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.At the height of the Civil Rights movement, Lydia Abarca was a Black prima ballerina with a major internatio...

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informative 100%
emotional 93%
inspiring 93%
reflective 75%
hopeful 43%
sad 25%
adventurous 18%
challenging 18%
funny 18%
dark 12%
mysterious 6%

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fast 6%
slow 6%

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