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2004 Fiction Winner |
| The winner in the fiction category is
Hottentot Venus
by Barbara Chase-Riboud (Doubleday). The fiction honor book winners are
Loving Donovan by Bernice McFadden (Dutton), and
Joshua's Bible by Shelly Leanne (Warner Books).
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 Hottentot Venus : A Novel (Vintage)
by Barbara Chase-Riboud
(Paperback) Other Editions:
Hardcover |
Paperback ~
In her novel
Hottentot
Venus, Barbara Chase-Riboud recounts the harrowing
trie story of Sarah Baartman, a young Khoikhoi woman from South African. Because
of her anatomy, Baartman endured brutal exploitation on both sides of the grave.
Detailing Baartman's almost unimaginable experiences, first in London and then
in Paris, Chase-Riboud uses both historical research and masterful storytelling
to create a portrait of the tragic intersections of race, science, and
inhumanity. |
 Loving Donovan
by
Bernice L. McFadden
(Paperback)
Other Editions:
Hardcover |
Paperback
(Reprint)
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Hardcover (Large Print) A poignant novel,
Loving Donovan by Bernice McFadden, tells the story of
Campbell and Donovan, who grew up in the same neighborhood but meet years later.
Despite their childhood history, they dream of a loving relationship. A gifted
storyteller, McFadden writes a bittersweet love story between two people whose
dream of love was doomed from the beginning. |
|
Loving Donovan
by
Bernice L. McFadden
(Author), Robin Miles (Narrator) (Audio Cassette - 2003) |
 Joshua's Bible
by
Shelly Leanne, Shelly Lehane (Hardcover - April 2003)
Other Editions:
Hardcover |
Paperback ~
Joshua's Bible a debut novel by Shelly Leanne, records the faith
journey of an African American missionary in South Africa. In spite of the
negative ramifications of doing so, Joshua holds firm to his integrity, his
social consciousness and his strong religious convictions. |
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2004 Non-Fiction |
| The winner in the nonfiction category
is
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. by Wil Haygood (Alfred A. Knopf). The Honor Book winners are
Freedom in the Family : A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil
Rights
by Tananarive Due and
Patricia Stephens Due (Ballantine), and
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Barbara Ransby
(University of North Carolina Press). |
 In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.
by Wil Haygood
(Hardcover)
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. by Wil Haygood chronicles
the career of
Sammy Davis, Jr. from a four-year old vaudeville performer through
his career as one of the country's leading entertainers. Haygood reveals the
persona that surrounds Sammy's icon status. Based on extensive research and more
than two hundred and fifty interviews, the author intertwines racial challenges
with Davis' experience of being trapped between two worlds-- one black and one
white-- that parallels the conflicts of race relations in America. |
 Freedom in the Family : A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil
Rights
by Tananarive Due,
Patricia Stephens Due (Hardcover)
Other Editions:
Hardcover |
Paperback ~
Freedom in the Family, by Tananarive Due and
Patricia Stephens Due is an ancestral history of their role in
the civil rights era. It is a testament to the character and endurance of those
who took active roles in the events that changed this nation. |
 Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision
by Barbara Ransby (Hardcover)
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement, by Barbara Ransby is a
thoroughly researched and well-written biography of one of the most influential,
yet little know, women in the civil rights movement. Over her fifty-year career,
Ella was instrumental in shaping two groundbreaking civil rights organizations--
the
NAACP and
SNCC. |
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2004 First Novelist Award |
 The Known World
by Edward P. Jones (Hardcover)
Other Editions:
Hardcover |
Audio Cassette (Unabridged) The recipient of the First Novelist Award is Edward P. Jones for
The Known World
(Amistad). In this ambitious and accomplished first novel, Jones
tells the story of Henry Townsend, a former slave. After securing an unlikely
mentor, his former owner, Townsend rises to become a powerful plantation owner
and slaveholder himself. Raising questions aimed at the very heart of human
nature,
The Known World illuminates a fact of U.S. history and inspires
readers to delve deeper into the history of enslavement in this country and the
world at large. |
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2004 Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation |
 Colored Pictures: Race and Visual Representation
by Michael D. Harris (Hardcover) For excellence in scholarship, the BCALA Literary Awards Committee presents
the Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation to Michael D. Harris for
Colored Pictures: Race and Visual Representations (University of
North Carolina). His work explores the role of visual representation in the
construction of black identities in the United States. Harris depicts, with
images and text, characterizations of blacks during the 19th and 20th centuries.
These depictions substantially formed the foundation of white identity and
social power that undermined the self-esteem of African Americans. |
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The Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) awards recognize excellence in adult fiction and non-fiction by African
American authors, recognition of a first novelist, as
well as a citation for Outstanding Contribution to Publishing.
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2001 Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation
|
 W.E.B.
Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century
1919-1963 by
David Levering Lewis (Hardcover - October 2000)
David Levering Lewis for W.E.B.
Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century
1919-1963. Sequel to W.E.B.
Dubois : Biography of a Race, 1868-1919. Lewis is author of When
Harlem Was in Vogue. |
The
Night Before Christmas Has Come and Gone...Now What?
Douglass'
Women : A Novel
The
Emperor of Ocean Park (Vintage Contemporaries (Paperback))
I
Wish I Had a Red Dress
Vernon
Can Read! A Memoir