New books by African American authors
Few institutions seem more opposed than African American literature and J. Edgar Hoover’s white-bread Federal Bureau of Investigation. But behind…
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Best Selling African American authors
A curious designation, but one I am proud of. It came, appropriatelt so, with no parades, no announcements, no public events, no press conference…
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Contemporary African American authors
Langston Hughes The Return of Simple This collection of short stories revolves around Hughes s character, Jesse B. Semple (a.k.a. Simple), introduced…
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African American Childrens authors
Author Award Winner Kadir Nelson, author and illustrator of “Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans” (Balzer + Bray, an imprint…
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Most Influential African-Americans
This is the first in a five-part series introducing some of Wisconsin’s most influential African American leaders in business, civil service…
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Best books in American literature
Lists! People love lists. I do, too. For those of you looking for a list of Best Books published in 2014, by American Indians/First Nations writers…
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African American Christian Fiction authors
In recent years, Christian and inspirational fiction has really blossomed, and new writers are entering the field every day. Here are some authors…
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Best African American Authors
Booklist Starred Review Educator and historian Alphonse Keasley hosts and narrates this eight-part series that traces the history of African…
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African American Women authors
*The birth of Ann Plato around 1820 is celebrated on this date. She was a nineteenth century Black educator and author. Plato was born in Hartford…
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Authors alphabetical list
Imagine you’re sitting in a movie theater. As the film begins, actors’ names flash across the screen. The order of the names is determined by…
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Most famous African-Americans
Armstrong, Louis Daniel Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971) was a great jazz trumpet player, composer, and singer. He was nicknamed…
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Black/African American authors
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Books by African American authors 2014
This February, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) released its statistics on the number of children’s books by and about people of…
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Famous African American female authors
The New York-born artist Edmonia Lewis, of African-American and Native-American descent, studied at Oberlin College in the early 1860s and later…
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African American male authors
The Journal of African American Males in Education (JAAME) encourages scholarly submissions from education researchers and practitioners which…
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