The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History apparel Cora’s ghosts have followed her

Cora’s ghosts have followed her from her days as a child desegregating schools in 1950s Nashville to her new life as a mother

and dilapidated boxes in search of themselves and their history

More Than This is the second book in the critically adored Davenports series

Born in Jamaica

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History apparel Cora’s ghosts have followed herThe forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas whose legacy was erased from historyuntil now. At the height of the Civil Rights movement, Lydia Abarca was a Black prima ballerina with a major international dance companythe Dance Theatre of Harlem. She was the first Black ballerina on the cover of Dance magazine, an Essence cover star; she was cast in The Wiz and in a Bob Fosse production on Broadway. She performed in some of