Young black and determined a biography of lorraine hansberry
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A biography of the black playwright who received great recognition for her work at an early age.
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- by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack
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- English
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- First edition
- New York : Holiday House, []
- ©
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- pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages ) and index.
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Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry
Frederick L. McKissack was born on August 12, , in Nashville, Tennessee. He received a degree in civil engineering from Tennessee State University. He was a civil engineer and a construction worker before he and his wife decided to become full-time writers. Since the 's, he and his wife Patricia C. McKissack have written over books together. Most of their titles are biographies with a strong focus on African-American themes for young readers. Their early s biography series, Great African Americans, included volumes on Frederick Douglass, Marian Anderson, and Paul Robeson. Over their 30 years of writing together, the couple won many awards including the C.S. Lewis Silver Medal, the Coretta Scott King Award for Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters, the Jane Addams Peace Award, and the Virginia Hamilton Award for making a contribution to the field of multicultural literature for children and adolescents, as well as the NAACP Image Award for Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?. He died of congestive heart failure on April 28, at the age of
Young, Black, and Determined
Biography by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry is a book by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack. It is a biography of the playwright and activist, Lorraine Hansberry.
Reception
A review of Young, Black, and Determined by Booklist wrote "The McKissacks' biography sparkles with the energy and passion that characterize their subject. Readers can drink in the whole civil rights history of much of this century and an in-depth treatment of Hansberry's major play, along with her fascinating life, which cancer ended prematurely in "; the School Library Journal called it a "well-written biography" and concluded "Whatever their purpose for using this volume, readers will find it lively and engaging."
Young, Black, and Determined has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,The New York Times, and the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.
It is a CCBC Choices book.
References
- ^ "Young, Black, and determined: a biography of Lorraine Hansberry". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved April 14,
- ^"Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry". Kirkus Media LLC. February 15, Retrieved April 14,
- ^"Bookshelf: Young, Black, and Determined". New York Times. June 21, Retrieved April 14,
- ^"Books for adolescents". Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 42 (4). Wiley-Blackwell: December Archived from the original on Retrieved April 14,
- ^Kathleen T. Horning; Ginny Moore Kruse; Megan Schliesman (). CCBC Choices Biography / Autobiography(PDF). Friends of the CCBC Inc. Retrieved April 14,
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