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Author Spotlight: Faith Ringgold

by Colours of Us on July 7, 2016 with 11 Comments

Author Spotlight: Faith Ringgold Author, Artist, Educator, Civil Rights & Women’s Rights Activist African American artist and author Faith Ringgold was born in 1930, in Harlem, New York. As a child she suffered from asthma and had to … Read More

Author Spotlight: Ezra Jack Keats

by Colours of Us on December 14, 2015 with 11 Comments

A pioneer of multicultural children’s books Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) is famous for introducing multicultural children’s books into American children’s literature. He believed that all children should be able to see themselves in the books they love.In 1962 he … Read More