Jean Carey Bond

Jean Carey Bond
BornNew York City, U.S.
Alma materLittle Red School House
Spouse
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(m. 1961; died 2009)​
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Jean Carey Bond is an American writer and activist. A member of the Harlem Writers Guild and Black Arts Movement,[1] she has written for both adult and child audiences. She wrote Brown is a Beautiful Color, a children's book that explores a black child's discovery of how his own skin color is beautiful as he explores, discovering things around him that are the color brown. She was married to architect Max Bond from 1961 until his death in 2009.[2]

  1. ^ "Fighting for Justice - Advisors". New York City Commission on Human Rights. New York City Commission on Human Rights. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Memories of Max Bond, the Real 'Master Builder' | Women's Voices For Change". womensvoicesforchange.org. 23 July 2009.