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Just Us Books, a publishing house focused on African American children and young adult books, is founded by Wade and Cheryl Hudson. 1991. Tom Low and Philip Lee co-found Lee & Low Books, a multicultural children's book publisher in the United States. 1992. The African American Children's Book Fair started in Philadelphia by Vanesse Lloyd ...
The Harlem Writers Guild (formerly known as the Harlem Writers Club) was set up in 1950 [1] as a forum where African-American writers could develop their craft. After funding for an organization active in the late 1940s called "The Committee for the Negro in the Arts" ended, these writers felt excluded from the mainstream literary culture of New York City.
Nikki Grimes (born 1950), children's book author and poet [13] Angelina Weld Grimke (1880–1958) Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914) Rosa Guy (1922–2012) John Langston Gwaltney (1928–1998), anthropologist, author of Drylongso; Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), Ghanaian-American novelist, author of Homegoing.
Leo Dillon, of Trinidadian immigrant parentage, was born March 2, 1933, [7] and raised in East New York. He enlisted in the Navy for three years' service so that he could attend art school. He credited his interest in art and his inspiration to become an artist to his friend and mentor, Ralph Volman. [8]
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [1]
In no particular order, here are 10 releases from Black authors in 2025 we think you should read next, whether you like romance, historical fiction, memoirs or thrillers. ‘Listen to Your Sister ...
While African-American book publishers have been active in the United States since the second decade of the 19th century, the 1960s and 1970s saw a proliferation of publishing activity, with the establishment of many new publishing houses, an increase in the number of titles published, and significant growth in the number of African-American bookstores.
The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Coretta Scott King Book Award Round Table, part of the American Library Association (ALA). Named for Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King Jr., this award recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children by African Americans that reflect the African American experience.