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1997
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Fiction:
Sarah's Psalm by
Florence Ladd--Winner!
Fiction Honor Books
Flight of the Blackbird by
Faye McDonald Smith
Gospel Choirs: Psalms of Survival in an Alien Land Called Home by
Derrick Bell |
| First Novelist:
Push by
Sapphire--Winner! |
Nonfiction:
Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol by
Nell Irvin Painter--Winner!
Nonfiction Honor Books
America Is Me by
Kennell Jackson
Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, and Conversations
by
Toni Cade Bambara, edited by
Toni Morrison |
| Outstanding
Contribution to African American Literature:
Albert Murray (novelist, literature professor, and music scholar)--Winner! |
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1996
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Fiction:
RL's Dream by
Walter Mosley--Winner!
The Good Negress by
A. J. Verdelle |
| First Novelist:
An Open Weave by
Devorah Major--Winner! |
| Nonfiction:
Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men In America edited by
Herb Boyd and
Robert L. Allen--Winner! |
| Outstanding
Contribution to Publishing:
Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes: Black Mystery, Crime & Suspense Fiction
by
Paula L. Woods--Winner! |
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1995
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Fiction:
Rattlebone by
Maxine Clair--Winner!
I Hear a Symphony: African Americans Celebrate Love by
Paula L. Woods and
Felix H. Liddell
Rocking the Babies by
Linda Raymond
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First Novelist:
The Serpent's Gift by
Helen Elaine Lee--Winner!
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Nonfiction:
I've Known Rivers: Lives of Loss and Liberation by
Sara Lawrence Lightfoot--Winner!
Conversations with God: Two Centuries of Prayers by African-Americans
edited by
James Melvin Washington
Daughters: On Family and Fatherhood by
Gerald Early
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Outstanding Contribution
to Publishing:
Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa by
Chester Higgins Jr.--Winner!
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1994 |
Fiction:
A Lesson Before Dying by
Ernest J. Gaines--Winner!
Get the Movie
Getting Right With God by
Lionel Newton
Free Enterprise by
Michelle Cliff |
| First Novelist:
Losing Absalom by
Alexs D. Pate--Winner! |
Nonfiction:
W. E. B. DuBois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 by
David Levering Lewis--Winner!
Nella Larsen, Novelist of the Harlem Renaissance: A Woman's Life Unveiled
by
Thadious Davis |
| Outstanding Contribution
to Publishing:
Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia edited by
Darlene C. Hine--Winner! |
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Black Caucus of the American
Library Association Literary Awards
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Founded by Dr. Alex Boyd,
the director of the Newark (New Jersey) Public Library, the BCALA Awards
recognize outstanding work by African American authors. Winners receive
the BCALA Medallion and an honorarium of $500. In addition, certificates
are given to the authors given Honor, First Novel, and Outstanding Contribution
to Publishing awards. Winners are announced during the American Library
Association's Midwinter Meeting, and the awards themselves are presented
at the ALA Annual Conference.
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