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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.
Mary White Ovington, a white co-founder of the NAACP, publishes Hazel [3], a novel about a middle-class Black child. 1919. Children's Book Week is established in the United States. [4] 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
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Eloise Greenfield (1929–2021), children's book author; Sam Greenlee (1930–2014), novelist, poet, best known as author of The Spook Who Sat by the Door; Bonnie Greer (born 1948), novelist, playwright, critic; Deborah Gregory, author of The Cheetah Girls book series; Dick Gregory (1932–2017) Sutton E. Griggs (1872–1933)
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 ...
Writers from Oklahoma City (49 P) Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma (84 P) A. Academics from Oklahoma (5 C, 25 P) M. Memoirists from Oklahoma (1 P) N. Novelists from ...
A variety of literary forms were used by abolitionist children’s authors including, short stories, poems, songs, nursery rhymes and dialogues, much of it written by white women. Pamphlets, picture books and periodicals were the primary forms of abolitionist children’s literature, often using Biblical themes to reinforce the wickedness of ...
Will Thomas' first novel was nominated for a Barry Award and a Shamus Award, and won the 2005 Oklahoma Book Award. He has been employed as a librarian with the Tulsa City-County Library System, and featured on the cover of Library Journal. The Black Hand was nominated for a 2009 Shamus Award. Fatal Enquiry won the 2015 Oklahoma Book Award.