Fifty Years Strong: The Coretta Scott King Award and Its Enduring Impact

Authors

  • Claudette S. McLinn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.17.2.9

Abstract

ALSC joins ALA’s Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), administrators of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards, in celebrating the award’s fiftieth anniversary. The award recognizes outstanding African American authors and artists of children’s books who demonstrate an appreciation of black culture and universal values.

Author Biography

Claudette S. McLinn

Dr. Claudette S. McLinn is Chair of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee. She is Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL) in Inglewood, CA.

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Published

2019-06-12

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2019): Summer

Section

Features

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