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- Author(s): Bader, Barbara
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Horn Book Magazine. Mar/Apr2007, Vol. 83 Issue 2, p149-156. 8p. 17 Black and White Photographs.
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The article discusses the success of African American authors Patricia and Frederick McKissack. The couple were childhood friends in Tennessee and grew up during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Patricia McKissack began writing children's books in 1983 with the publication of "Who is Who?" The couple began writing biographies of prominent African Americans for young children, including Frederick Douglass and Louis Armstrong. The couple have written over 120 books.
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