Read about this author of the book, Lucky Beans, at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 26 Chudney Ross
Read about this business owner and now author of the book, Lone Bean, at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 25 Willie Perdomo
Read about the author of Visiting Langston and Clemente! at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 24 Linda Tarrant-Reid
Read about this editor, photographer, and journalist at The Brown Bookshelf.
Happy Birthday, W.E.B. Du Bois and Haki Madhubuti!
February 23 is the birthday of two famous literary people: W.E.B. Du Bois and Haki Madhubuti.
Information about W.E.B. Du Bois is available by clicking on the links below:
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/d/web-du-bois.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/dubois/
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?subcategory=42
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/172481/W-E-B-Du-Bois
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_dubois.html
Information about Haki Madhubuti is available by clicking on the links below:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/484
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102593652
http://www.howard.edu/library/reference/guides/madhubuti/default.htm
28 Days Later Day 23 Angela Shelf Medearis
Read about this prolific writer of such titles, Seven Spools of Thread, The Ghost of Sifty-Sifty- Sam, The 100th Day of School, Picking Peas for a Penny, and more at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 22 Daniel Minter
Read about this artist-illustrator at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 21: Nalo Hopkinson
Read about the author of Brown Girl in the Ring and The Salt Roads, at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 20: Ashley Bryan
Read about this award winning author, illustrator, and poet at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 19 James Ransome
Read about this award winning illustrator of such books like Uncle Jed’s Barbershop, Visiting Day, and more at The Brown Bookshelf.
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