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Ashley Frederick Bryan (July 13, 1923 – February 4, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. He was U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 [ 1] and he won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his contribution to American children's ...
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites -only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960. [ 1][ 2][ 3] She is the subject of a 1964 painting, The Problem We ...
Eloise Greenfield. Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience. After college, Greenfield began writing poetry and songs in the 1950s while working in a civil service job.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Alpha), the first Black male Greek-letter organization, was founded in 1906 at Cornell University. It’s estimated that around 100,000 enslaved people escaped to ...
Edward King (1837–1866) Russell L. Taylor (1879–1901) Susie King Taylor (August 6, 1848 – October 6, 1912) was an American nurse, educator and memoirist. She is known for being the first African-American nurse during the American Civil War. Beyond just her aptitude in nursing the wounded of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry ...
Maya Angelou speaks during the AARP Magazine's 2011 Inspire Awards. Every Black History Month and Juneteenth, pioneers in African American history are often mentioned like Dr. Martin Luther King ...
The History of African-American education deals with the public and private schools at all levels used by African Americans in the United States and for the related policies and debates. Black schools, also referred to as "Negro schools" and "colored schools", were racially segregated schools in the United States that originated in the ...
Occupation. Writer. Spouse. Fred James Clifton (d. 1984) Awards. Robert Frost Medal (2010) Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) [ 1] was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. [ 2][ 3][ 4] From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.