ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTSCELCB: African American Authors of Young Adult Literature: A Three Volume Series

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction - Steven T. Bickmore PART I: CRITICAL FOUNDATION, ESTABLISHED THEMES, AND RECEPTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS Chapter 1: Looking back to move forward: A Retrospective of the Coretta Scott King Award Deborah Taylor Chapter 2: Themes and Critical Foundations of Early African American Authors of Young Adult Literature Shanetia P. Clark PART II: FOUNDING AUTHORS AND THEIR EARLY INTRODUCTION Chapter 3: Walter Dean Myers: A Lifetime of Stories Ngozi Onuora Chapter 4: Virginia Hamilton, Liberation, and Bluish: Generating Acceptance and Empathy Shanetia P. Clark and Steven T. Bickmore Chapter 5: These Tears Are Real: Historical Representations in Julius Lester¿s Day of Tears Ruth McKoy Lowery and Cheryl Logan Chapter 6: The Early Reception of Mildred D. Taylor¿s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Chris Crowe PART III: FOUNDING AUTHORS, CURRENT REPUTATIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED PRESENCE Chapter 7: Poet of Harlem: The Truth, Text, and Legacy of Walter Dean Myers M. Cathrene Connery Chapter 8: Reading, Learning, and Telling Folklore through Virginia Hamilton¿s Zeely Nancy D. Tolson Chapter 9: Julius Lester¿s Nonfiction Presentation of Slavery in To Be a Slave Steven T. Bickmore Chapter 10: Racialized Constructions in the Stories by Mildred Taylor Wanda Brooks and Desiree Cueto About the Authors