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Coretta Scott King - African American authors and illustrators

Pura Belpre Award - Latino or Latina author and illustrator

Schneider Family Book Award - author or illustrator for book that embodies the disability experience

Walter Awards - diverse authors who champion marginalizes voices

1) Recognize!: an anthology honoring and amplifying Black life

Pub. Date

c2021.

Description

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"An anthology featuring over thirty Black authors and illustrators to honor Black life past, present, and future"-- Provided by publisher.

2) Native son

Author

Wright, Richard

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Banned & Challenged Books
Juneteenth - Adult Fiction

Formats

Book, CD

Description

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Bigger, a young black man in Chicago, kills his first victim in a moment of panic. He then goes on to kill again. The book describes the feelings of freedom and identity Bigger gains from these acts.

3) Within the circle: an anthology of African American literary criticism from the Harlem Renaissance to the present

Pub. Date

1994

4) Sweet words so brave: the story of African American literature

Author

Curry, Barbara K

Pub. Date

[1996]

Description

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A survey of the history of African American literature, from slave narratives to the present, told in the voice of a grandfather speaking to his granddaughter.

5) African american literature: an anthology of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama

Author

Worley, Demetrice A

Pub. Date

1993

6) Black voices: an anthology of Afro-American literature

Series

A Mentor book

Pub. Date

[1968]

7) The Eagle

Series

Greenwood icons

Pub. Date

2011

Description

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Twenty years after the disappearance of his father and the Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila travels from Rome to solve the mystery, retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, and restore his father's honor.

8) Brother to brother: new writings by Black gay men

Pub. Date

[1991]

9) Major modern Black American writers

Pub. Date

1995

Description

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Covers twelve African American writers since World War II, including Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison.

10) African-American voices

Series

Writers of America

Pub. Date

c1995

Description

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A collection of writings by such authors as W.E.B. DuBois, Toni Morrison, Rita Dove, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison, exploring the connections of circle, veil, water, and song that link past and present African American cultures.

11) Other countries (The Center - Terry Mangan Memorial Library): Black gay voices

Pub. Date

[1988]-

12) Encyclopedia of African-American writing: five centuries of contribution : trials & triumphs of writers, poets, publications and organizations

Pub. Date

c2009

13) African american writers

Pub. Date

[2001]

14) The Norton Anthology of African American literature

Pub. Date

[2014]

15) What was African American literature

Author

Warren, Kenneth W

Series

W.E.B. Du Bois lectures

Pub. Date

2011

Description

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Sets out to identify a distinctly African American literature. This title outlines protocols of reading that best make sense of the literary works produced by African American writers and critics over the first two-thirds of the twentieth century.