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YMA Awards, CSK, Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, and Congressman John Lewis: What a day!
Anticipation ran high as the crowd began to gather at 6:00 a.m. for the 8:00 a.m. American Library Association Youth Media Awards on Monday, January 23, 2017, held in the Georgia World Conference...
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The Texas Library Association and the Black Caucus Round Table Celebrate...
The Texas Library Association and the Black Caucus Round Table celebrated the message of Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, winner of the 2017 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement....
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The 48th Annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast
This year’s Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast, held early Sunday morning, June 25th, in Chicago at the Hilton, sold out twice! Everyone was excited to celebrate the 2017 CSK winning authors and...
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Ashley Bryan’s Stories Are Alive in Atlanta!
Anything you can do that can stimulate the imagination of another…is the most exciting thing you can do as an artist. ~Ashley Bryan With 50 books to his credit, Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton...
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Julius Lester (1939 – 2018)
Julius Lester, 2015 “The Coretta Scott King Award is special because it does not only honor books for their literary merits. Of equal importance are the moral dimensions of a work. I learned what it...
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CSK Through the Decades: The 1970s
The 1970s were the formative years for the Coretta Scott King Award as new African American writers emerged. One of those talents was Mildred DeLois Taylor. Taylor’s relationship with the Coretta...
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CSK Legends: Eloise Greenfield
Children need to know, and to see in books, the truth — the beauty, intelligence, courage, and ingenuity of African and African American people. Eloise Greenfield, CSK Virginia Hamilton Lifetime...
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CSK Comes to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Black Books Matter Panel Speakers and Moderator. Photo credit Sylvia Vardell. The Coretta Scott King Book (CSK) Awards Committee/Community was well represented at the 56th edition of the Bologna...
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CSK Legends: Mildred D. Taylor
Photo Credit: The Hornbook Family history has always fascinated me. Like the elders of many African American families, mine migrated from backwater Southern towns to a more thriving one in the 1930’s....
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Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, Years 2016-2017
Image credit: Kirkus Reviews Recognizing the importance of inspirational images and stories for children, the annual Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement is presented in even-numbered...
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