Carole Boston Weatherford | |
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Born | Carole Boston February 13, 1956 Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
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Notable works | Moses (2006), Before John Was a Jazz Giant (2007), Becoming Billie Holiday (2008), Voice of Freedom (2015), Freedom in Congo Square (2016), In Your Hands (2017), Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library (2017), Unspeakable (2021), How Do You Spell Unfair? (2023) |
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Carole Boston Weatherford (born 1956) is an American author and critic. She has published over 50 children's books, primarily non-fiction and poetry. The music of poetry has fascinated Weatherford and motivated her literary career.[1] She has won multiple awards for her books, including the 2022 Coretta Scott King Award for Author for her book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre. As a critic, she is best known for her controversial criticism of Pokémon character Jynx and Dragon Ball character Mr. Popo.