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April 12, 2010 | History
James Haskins
19 September 1941 - 6 July 2005
James Haskins was born in Demopolis, Alabama. He graduated from high school in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1960 he received a B.A. degree from Georgetown University, in 1962 he received a B.S. degree from Alabama State University, and in 1963 he received a M.A. degree from the University of New Mexico. After graduation, he moved to New York and worked as a stock trader on Wall Street. He taught music and special education classes in Harlem, and eventually left stock trading to become a full-time teacher. His first book, Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher, was published in 1969. He was a professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and lived in New York City. Over the course of his career, he wrote well over 100 books, mostly for children and young adults, focusing on the biographies of leading African Americans and key aspects of African-American culture, social history, and contemporary life. He died in 2005 of complications from emphysema.
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Separate But Not Equal
5 editions - first published in 1997 DAISY -
Black Dance in America
4 editions - first published in 1990 DAISY -
Diary of a Harlem schoolteacher
4 editions - first published in 1969 -
Get on Board
4 editions - first published in 1993 Borrow -
Thurgood Marshall
3 editions - first published in 1994 -
The March on Washington
3 editions - first published in 1993 -
Black Music in America
3 editions - first published in 1987 -
Lena
3 editions - first published in 1984 -
Nat King Cole
3 editions - first published in 1984 -
From Lew Alcindor to Kareem Abdul Jabbar
3 editions - first published in 1972 -
Black theater in America
3 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
Black Eagles
3 editions - first published in 1995 -
Doctor J
2 editions - first published in 1975 -
Colin Powell
2 editions - first published in 1992 -
Freedom Rides
2 editions - first published in 1995 -
Street gangs: yesterday and today
2 editions - first published in 1974 -
Voodoo & hoodoo
2 editions - first published in 1978 -
Diana Ross
2 editions - first published in 1985 -
Count your way through Japan
2 editions - first published in 1987 -
Count your way through the Arab world
2 editions - first published in 1987 -
Toni Morrison
2 editions - first published in 2001 -
Always movin' on
2 editions - first published in 1976 -
Count your way through Russia
2 editions - first published in 1987 -
Count your way through Africa
2 editions - first published in 1989 -
The March on Washington
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Adam Clayton Powell
2 editions - first published in 1974 -
Shirley Temple Black
2 editions - first published in 1988 -
Count your way through Korea
2 editions - first published in 1989 -
Jesse Jackson
2 editions - first published in 2000 DAISY -
The new Americans
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
India under Indira and Rajiv Gandhi
2 editions - first published in 1989 -
African heroes
2 editions - first published in 2005 Borrow -
Black stars of colonial and revolutionary times
2 editions - first published in 2002 Borrow -
African American religious leaders
2 editions - first published in 2007 Borrow -
The child abuse help book
2 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
Sports great Magic Johnson
2 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow -
Count your way through China
2 editions - first published in 1987 -
The life and death of Martin Luther King, Jr
2 editions - first published in 1977 Borrow -
Against All Opposition
2 editions - first published in 2003 -
Mr. Bojangles
2 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow -
Outward Dreams
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
The Cotton Club
2 editions - first published in 1977 -
James Van Derzee
2 editions - first published in 1984 -
From Afar to Zulu
2 editions - first published in 1995 Borrow -
The Stevie Wonder scrapbook
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
The rise of Jim Crow
1 edition - first published in 2008 -
Conjure times
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
About Michael Jackson
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
He will lift up his head
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
Lena Horne
1 edition - first published in 1983 -
Werewolves
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
Teen-age alcoholism
1 edition - first published in 1976 -
The 60s reader
1 edition - first published in 1988 -
Your rights, past and present
1 edition - first published in 1975 -
Fighting Shirley Chisholm
1 edition - first published in 1975 -
Gambling--who really wins?
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Leaders of the Middle East
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
Barbara Jordan
1 edition - first published in 1977 -
The Guardian Angels
1 edition - first published in 1983 -
Revolutionaries: agents of change
1 edition - first published in 1971 -
Sugar Ray Leonard
1 edition - first published in 1982 -
Bob McAdoo, superstar
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
Real estate careers
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
Jobs in business and office
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Queen of the blues
1 edition - first published in 1987 -
Who are the handicapped?
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
The consumer movement
1 edition - first published in 1975 -
Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Ralph Bunche; a most reluctant hero
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Richard Pryor, a man and his madness
1 edition - first published in 1984 -
George McGinnis
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
"Magic," a biography of Earvin Johnson
1 edition - first published in 1982 -
Andrew Young, man with a mission
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Snow sculpture and ice carving
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Donna Summer
1 edition - first published in 1983 -
A piece of the power
1 edition - first published in 1972 -
The war and the protest: Viet Nam
1 edition - first published in 1971 -
Jokes from Black folks
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Doctor J
1 edition - first published in 1975 -
The quiet revolution
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
The Stevie Wonder scrapbook
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
The psychology of Black language
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Pelé
1 edition - first published in 1976 -
The picture life of Malcolm X
1 edition - first published in 1975 -
Witchcraft, mysticism, and magic in the Black world
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Black manifesto for education
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
The first Black governor, Pin[c]kney Benton Stewart Pinchback
1 edition - first published in 1996 -
James Van DerZee
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
African American entrepreneurs
1 edition - first published in 1998 -
Scatman
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
Colin Powell
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
Count your way through South Africa
1 edition - first published in 2007 -
Delivering justice
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
Spike Lee
1 edition - first published in 1997 -
Distinguished African American political and governmental leaders
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Count your way through Egypt
1 edition - first published in 2007 -
Bill Cosby
1 edition - first published in 1988 -
Count your way through Mexico
1 edition - first published in 1989 -
Count your way through France
1 edition - first published in 1996 -
Hippocrene U.S.A. guide to historic Black South
1 edition - first published in 1993
James Haskins
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Subjects
Juvenile literature,
Biography,
African Americans,
Accessible book,
Protected DAISY,
In library,
History,
Counting,
Numerals,
Civilization,
Civil rights,
Singers,
Race relations,
Civil rights movements,
Civil rights workers,
Basketball players,
African American explorers,
Black Explorers,
Discoveries in geography,
Discovery and exploration,
Education,
Explorers,
Legislators,
Politics and government,
United States
Places
People
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968),
Bill Robinson (1878-1949),
Diana Ross (1944-),
Earvin Johnson (1959-),
James Van Der Zee (1886-),
Jesse Jackson (1941-),
Lena Horne,
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1837-1921),
Spike Lee,
Adam Clayton Powell (1908-1972),
Andrew Young (1932-),
Babe Ruth (1895-1948),
Barbara Jordan (1936-),
Bayard Rustin (1912-1987),
Bill (Tänzer) Robinson,
Bill Cosby (1937-),
Bob McAdoo (1951-),
Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950),
Colin L. Powell,
Corazon Cojuangco Aquino,
Curtis Sliwa (1954-),
Dinah Washington (1924-1963),
Donna Summer,
George McGinnis (1950-),
Hank Aaron (1934-)
Time
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History Created April 1, 2008 · 4 revisions
| April 12, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added photos to author pages. |
| November 30, 2009 | Edited by caf21 | Edited without comment. |
| November 30, 2009 | Edited by caf21 | Changed name order, added birth date, added death date, added Wikipedia link, added bio, added photo |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |