Story of the Negro

Story of the Negro
Cover of Story of the Negro
AuthorArna Bontemps
IllustratorRaymond Lufkin
LanguageEnglish
GenreNonfiction
PublishedApril 26, 1948
PublisherKnopf
Publication placeUnited States
Pages240
AwardsNewbery Honor, Jane Addams Children's Book Award
ISBN978-0-394-91690-3
OCLC233402
326

Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps is a children's history book published by Knopf in 1948.[1] It was the first African-American authored book to receive a Newbery Honor.