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William Wallace (August 1, 1947 – January 30, 2012) was an American teacher and later an author of children's books. He started writing to quiet down his fourth grade students, who loved his stories and encouraged him to make "real" books.
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Mary White Ovington, a white co-founder of the NAACP, publishes Hazel [4], a novel about a middle-class Black child. 1919. Children's Book Week is established in the United States. [5] Louise Seaman Bechtel is hired by Macmillan as the first children's book editor in the first US department devoted solely to publishing children's books. 1920
It's time to add some great books to your 2024 reading list! As Black History Month begins, it's an opportunity to learn more about the uniquely shaped Black American experience, revisit classic ...
Deborah Gregory, author of The Cheetah Girls book series; Dick Gregory (1932–2017) Sutton E. Griggs (1872–1933) 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
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Writers from Oklahoma" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
Eloise Greenfield in 2018. 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.
As an adult, she read the book Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth, which was the first time she had seen an African-American girl featured on the cover of a picture book. This inspired her to start writing fiction books for children that would feature African-American lead characters. [1] Lyons makes her home in Raleigh, North Carolina. [2]