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Emma Gelders Sterne

1894 - 1971

Sterne was of German-Jewish background, and was born in Birmingham, Alabama. When she was growing up she had never seen or heard "an educated color person. She had never even heard the name of a black man or woman who had done anything notable."[2] In 1913, during her freshman year of college, she attended a speech by W.E.B. Du Bois. Sterne sold her first story in May 1923, and quickly produced two books for the popular All About series. She continued writing for the rest of her life, focusing on history and children's literature, which she combined in her historical adaptations for children.

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  • Cover of: The slave ship

    First published in 1953 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition slaveship00ster
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    First published in 1927 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition whiteswallow00ster Cover of edition whiteswallow00ster
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  • Cover of: His was the voice: the life of W. E. B. Du Bois.

    First published in 1971 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1953 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1935 3 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1962 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition kingarthurknight0000ster
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    First published in 1933 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Vasco Nuñez de Balboa.

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    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1957 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The pirate of Chatham square: a story of old New York

    First published in 1939 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature, Amistad (Schooner), Slave trade, African Americans, Antislavery movements, Biography, Children's fiction, Civil rights, Slave insurrections, Slavery, fiction, Trials, litigation, Adaptations, Alabama collection, Arthurian romances, Blood, Children's plays, Civil rights workers, Democracy, Description and travel, Efficiency, Folklore, Indians of North America
Places
United States, Alabama, England, Europe, Southern States
People
Cinque, Philip Morin Freneau (1752-1832), Arthur King, Benito Juárez (1806-1872), King Arthur, Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
Time
Civil War, 1861-1865

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Alternative names

  • Emma (Gelders) Sterne
  • Emma Sterne
  • Emma Gelders-Sterne
  • Emma G. Sterne

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