Author. As a African American educator, he became one of America’s most prolific authors with more than 100 books published on black historical figures and events. His subjects ranged from sports, popular cultural and biographies. His book “The Cotton Club” was the inspiration for the 1984, Francis Ford Coppola film of the same name. In 1994, he was presented the Washington Post Children’s Book Guild Award for work in nonfiction for young people. His books “Black Music in America“, “The March on Washington” and Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put “Black” in American History were selected for the Carter G. Woodson Award for young adult non-fiction in 1989, 1994, and 2001. A member of the National Education Advisory Committee of The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, he also served as a member of the Framework Development Committee of CIVITAS and was on the board of Footsteps, an African-American history magazine for children published by Cobblestone Publications. Cause of death, emphysema at age 63.
Author. As a African American educator, he became one of America’s most prolific authors with more than 100 books published on black historical figures and events. His subjects ranged from sports, popular cultural and biographies. His book “The Cotton Club” was the inspiration for the 1984, Francis Ford Coppola film of the same name. In 1994, he was presented the Washington Post Children’s Book Guild Award for work in nonfiction for young people. His books “Black Music in America“, “The March on Washington” and Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put “Black” in American History were selected for the Carter G. Woodson Award for young adult non-fiction in 1989, 1994, and 2001. A member of the National Education Advisory Committee of The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, he also served as a member of the Framework Development Committee of CIVITAS and was on the board of Footsteps, an African-American history magazine for children published by Cobblestone Publications. Cause of death, emphysema at age 63.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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