If there’s a
book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write
it.” – Toni Morrison
This week we
will highlight writers for their accomplishments and awards.
Prose: The ordinary
language people use in speaking or writing.
In 1760 Briton Hammon, an autobiographer became the first Black
American writer of prose. It was a
fourteen-page document that was published in Boston. It gave an account of his escape from slavery
to become a free man.
These days everyone is writing a self-help book. The first Black self-help book was written
back in 1937 by Napoleon Hill; Dennis Kimbro republished it in 1991. The
book was entitled “Think and Grow
Rich: A Black Choice.” This
self-help sold 50,000 copies in two years.
The Newbery
Medal: The American Library Association’s most prestigious award in
American children’s books. In 1975 Virginia Esther Hamilton became the
first black to receive this honorary award.
The book titled “M. C. Higgins, the Great,” also won her the National
Book Award later that year.
“One day I will
find the right words, and they will be simple.” – Jack Kerouac
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