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Breaking and the New York City Breakers

1984

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A book written by Michael Holman called Breaking and the New York City Breakers. The cover features a colorful drawing of the New York City Breakers dancing on a city street. The interior contains 176 pages of information, photographs, a history of, and instructions on break dancing. It also features information about the dancers of the New York City Breakers. The frontispiece features an inscription from Michael Holman to his parents. The second title page features Holman's signature. The back cover features eight photographs of members of the New York City Breakers surrounding their logo. Each photograph has a small bio with the dancers' names and nicknames.

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Catalog reference: 2016.31.8

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