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  2. Timeline of African American children's literature - Wikipedia

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    Frontispiece to Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects Jim standing on a raft alongside Huck from the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1st edition, The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, 1899 Cover of the June 1921 issue African-American children secure books at a North Carolina Albemarle Region bookmobile stop.

  3. Bessie Woodson Yancey - Wikipedia

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    Bessie Woodson Yancey (May 1882 – 11 January 1958) [1] was an African-American poet, teacher, and activist, [1] whose only published poetry collection, 1939's Echoes from the Hills, was, according to Katharine Capshaw Smith, "perhaps the earliest example of Affrilachian children's literature.".

  4. Eloise Greenfield - Wikipedia

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    Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience. After college, Greenfield began writing poetry and songs in the 1950s while working in a civil service job.

  5. Effie Lee Newsome - Wikipedia

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    Effie Lee Newsome (January 16, 1885 – 1979), born Mary Effie Lee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a Harlem Renaissance writer. [1] [2] She mostly wrote children's poems, and was the first famous African-American poet whose work was mostly in this area. [2]

  6. Kwame Alexander - Wikipedia

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    Just Us: Poems & Counterpoems, 1986–1995 (1995) 360°: A Revolution of Black Poets, ed. (1998) Kupenda: Love Poems (2000) Dancing Naked on the Floor: poems and essays (2005) The Way I Walk: short stories and poems for Young Adults, ed. (2006) Crush: Love Poems (2007) Family Pictures: Poems and Photographs Celebrating Our Loved Ones, ed. (2007)

  7. Sonia Sanchez - Wikipedia

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    She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books. In the 1960s, Sanchez released poems in periodicals targeted towards African-American audiences, and published her debut collection, Homecoming, in 1969.

  8. Amanda Gorman - Wikipedia

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    She wrote a tribute for black athletes for Nike [33] and has a book deal with Viking Children's Books to write two children's picture books. [34] [35] Gorman reading her poem "An American Lyric" in 2017. In 2017, Gorman became the first youth poet to open the literary season for the Library of Congress, and she has read her poetry on MTV.

  9. Ashley Bryan - Wikipedia

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    Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. He was a U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 [1] and he won the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his contribution to American children's literature in 2009. [2] His picture book Freedom Over Me was short-listed for the 2016 Kirkus Prize and received a ...

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