Carole Boston Weatherford, author portrait

Carole Boston Weatherford

New York Times bestselling author Carole Boston Weatherford’s 60-plus books include the Caldecott Honor book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, for which she was also awarded the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor winner Box; and the Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Moses. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for Becoming Billie Holiday. Weatherford teaches composition and children's literature at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Visit cbweatherford.com.
Whirligigs
Birmingham, 1963
You Are My Pride
A Negro League Scrapbook
Becoming Billie Holiday
Sidewalk Chalk

Books

Whirligigs
Birmingham, 1963
You Are My Pride
A Negro League Scrapbook
Becoming Billie Holiday
Sidewalk Chalk

Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual + (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live

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