KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Illustrators, African American Young Adult Literature, Children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign: Day 7: Kosoko Jackson

I first met Kosoko (pronounced: Koh-So-Koh) at BEA a year ago. His debut was yet to come, but there was already so much buzz around him from YA writers I knew. A PLACE FOR WOLVES has been highly anticipated with good reason. I for one can’t wait to read a historical novel that features a [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 7: Kosoko Jackson

KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Illustrators, African American Young Adult Literature, Children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign: Day 5: Breanna J. McDaniel

I had a delightful telephone conversation with Breanna about her career. She has a warm personality, someone you could talk to for hours. Read on and you’ll be equally impressed. The reviewers were! The Journey My path to publishing was a bit roundabout. I went to Simmons University to receive a MFA in Writing [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 5: Breanna J. McDaniel

KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Illustrators, African American Young Adult Literature, Children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign:Day 4: David Barclay Moore

What struck me first was the title, The Stars Beneath Our Feet. Lyrical and evocative, the white lettering was stacked and drew your eyes down to the image of an African-American boy walking on a patchwork road of Legos. Stars peeked around the bricks and sparkled above. I was captivated and intrigued. Before long, the [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 4: David Barclay Moore

KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Illustrators, African American Young Adult Literature, Children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign:Day 3: Maxine Beneba Clarke

“I think every writer always feels like a fraud, almost every writer has imposter syndrome, it’s like you go to the Writers Festivals and you feel like I’m here with all the real writers and I’m the fake writer, please don’t anybody find out.” – A Conversation with Maxine Beneba Clarke, The Westsider Facts, reader. Facts. [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 3: Maxine Beneba Clarke

KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Illustrators, African American Literature, African American Young Adult Literature, Children's literature

From the Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign:Day 1: Mariama J. Lockington

Today begins the Brown Bookshelf’s most-anticipated, and our favorite series of posts of the year, 28 Days Later. Celebrating Black Kidlit creators across the diaspora has been a passion for us, but is also necessary. Books by Black creators continue to be out-paced by books about Black children from people outside of the community. So [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 1: Mariama J. Lockington

KRLemmons African American Authors, African American Literature, Uncategorized

Sunday Morning Reads — CrazyQuiltEdi

Edi Campbell presents the sad statistical information on books about and/or written by African Americans that were published in recent years.

This is a really brief post to look at some of the numbers for 2018. If you haven’t seen it yet, do look at the list of 2018 MG & YA books published in the US that recently posted on Zetta Elliott’s blog. We work together at the end of each year building from […]

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KRLemmons African American Biography, African American History, Resources

Born on this date: Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.

Born on this date in 1865 was Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., religious leader at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, after becoming the pastor in 1908. More information about him:

Black Past Remembered: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/powell-sr-adam-clayton-1865-1953

African American Registry: https://aaregistry.org/story/spiritual-charisma-adam-clayton-powell-sr/

Scholastic: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/meet-reverend-adam-clayton-powell-sr/