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Julius Lester

Julius Lester was a celebrated author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award. He was also a National Book Award finalist, a National Book Critics Circle nominee, and a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In addition to his critically acclaimed writing career, Mr. Lester distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio talk-show host, and professor. For 32 years he taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
Cupid
Tales of Uncle Remus (Puffin Modern Classics)
To Be a Slave
John Henry
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Uncle Remus: the Complete Tales
This Strange New Feeling

Books

Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
Cupid
Tales of Uncle Remus (Puffin Modern Classics)
To Be a Slave
John Henry
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Uncle Remus: the Complete Tales
This Strange New Feeling

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