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  2. The Snowy Day - Wikipedia

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    The Snowy Day. The Snowy Day is a 1962 American children's picture book by American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats. It features Peter, an African American boy, who explores his neighborhood after the season's first snowfall. Keats’ illustrations helped pave the way for more inclusive and diverse children's literature. [1]

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

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    1852. Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes the anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, in 1852. Josiah Henson, is the inspiration for one of the book's main characters. 1853. Clotel; or, The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown is the first novel published by an African-American. 1859. Harriet E. Wilson writes the autobiographical novel Our Nig.

  4. Ashley Bryan - Wikipedia

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    Ashley Frederick Bryan (July 13, 1923 – February 4, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. He was U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 [1] and he won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his contribution to American children's ...

  5. Ezra Jack Keats - Wikipedia

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    Ezra Jack Keats. Ezra Jack Keats (né Jacob Ezra Katz; March 11, 1916 - May 6, 1983) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1963 Caldecott Medal for illustrating The Snowy Day, which he also wrote. Keats wrote A Letter to Amy and Hi, Cat! but he was most famous for The Snowy Day. [1][2] It is considered one of ...

  6. List of African-American writers - Wikipedia

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    Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), author of Our Nig and the first African-American novelist. Kathy Y. Wilson (d. 2022), journalist, columnist, playwright, and commentator. William Julius Wilson (born 1935), author of When Work Disappears, The Truly Disadvantaged, and The Declining Significance of Race.

  7. Walter Dean Myers - Wikipedia

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    Website. walterdeanmyers.net. Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but was raised in Harlem, New York City. A tough childhood led him to writing and his school teachers would ...

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