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2013 Coretta Scott King Awards for Children's Literature Announced by ALA
The 44th Annual Coretta Scott King Awards for children’s literature were held Monday at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. “Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America”...
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R.I.P. American Book Award-Winning Writer J. California Cooper
J. California Cooper in 1987. (Credit: Ellen Banner) J. California Cooper, an award-winning writer whose black female characters confront a world of indifference and betrayal, but find kinship there...
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Kwame Alexander's "Crossover" and Jacqueline Woodson's "Brown Girl Dreaming"...
Memoirs, graphic novels and stories in verse were the big winners of this year’s American Library Association’s awards for young adult and children’s literature. The awards, which are among the most...
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HISTORY: Pioneering African-American Librarians Share Their Stories
Jessie Carney Smith in 1965, her first year as a university librarian at Fisk University in Nashville. (photo via americanlibrariesmagazine.org) by Greg Landgraf via americanlibrariesmagazine.org When...
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Winston-Salem State University’s Wanda Brown Elected President of the...
American Library Association President Wanda K. Brown (photo via bcala.org) via jbhe.com Wanda K. Brown, the director of library services at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, was named...
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Coretta Scott King Awards to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Honoring...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Coretta Scott King Award Seal (artist: Lev Mills) Libraries, schools and civic organizations across the country and world will host a variety of celebrations...
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Author Claire Hartfield, Illustrator Ekua Holmes and More Win 2019 Coretta...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Claire Hartfield, author of “A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919,” and Ekua Holmes, illustrator of “The Stuff of Stars,” are the winners of the...
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Black Firsts: Dr. Carla D. Hayden, U.S. Librarian of Congress (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Today, GBN celebrates Dr. Carla D. Hayden who in 2016 became the first woman and first African American person to serve the nation as Librarian of Congress....
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