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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 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.
She was one of the first to publish stories about African-American children written or illustrated by African-American writers and artists. [3] [4] In 1936, The Horn Book dedicated its July/August issue to May Massee and her work. Editors, writers, author-illustrators, librarians, a book designer, and book-sellers sang her praises.
The BET Honors, which celebrates the lives and achievements of African American luminaries. Coretta Scott King Award (annual literary award from the American Library Association given to African American authors and illustrators) Golden Eagle Award, Afro-American in the Arts; Black Movie Awards; Essence Literary Awards (defunct) Glyph Comics Awards
AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) —- A book expo featuring African American authors is headed to Aiken.Our Words Matter Black Author Book Expo &Fall Fest is happening November 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at ...
Nella Larsen (1891-1964) wrote this and only one other book, but that hasn’t kept her from being counted among history’s most respected African-American authors. ‘Sister Outsider: Essays and ...
Susie Hodge (UK) – art history, practical art, history, science, religion, biography; James Janeway (England) – A Token For Children: stories of conversions; William Loren Katz (US) – African-American and Native American history; Jennie Ellis Keysor (US, 1860–1945) – American literature, art topics; Kathleen Krull (US) – biography ...
Awarded annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults. [8] Boston Globe-Horn Book Award: The Boston Globe/The Horn Book Magazine: 1967 Given annually in the categories Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. The latter two awards may be either children’s or young adult works.