Shange, N. (2004). Ellington was not a street. New York: Simon and Schuster. Illustrated by Kadir A. Nelson. Poetry. Grades 3-5. Historical fiction.

Based on author’s family friendships with W. E. B. Dubois, Paul Robeson, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington- “men who changed the world”. Good choice for literature circles.
2005 Coretta Scott King Honor Award