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 Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we are sharing books by women who have shaped history and have fought for their communities. Our list includes books about women who fought for racial justice, abortion rights, equality in the workplace, and ranges in topics from women in politics and prominent women in history to

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