Her recent releases include: The Legendary Miss Lena Horne The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip Hop By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music and R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul.Ī Fayetteville State University professor, Carole lives in High Point, North Carolina. Nowadays, she collaborates with her son, illustrator and poet Jeffery Weatherford, on book like You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen.Ĭarole believes that poetry makes music with words and she often writes about musical subjects from jazz and gospel to R&B and rap. She has spotlighted not only legends like Billie Holiday and John Coltrane but also lesser known historical figures such as Harlem Renaissance bibliophile Arturo Schomburg. Family stories, fading traditions and forgotten struggles inform her poetry, nonfiction, historical fiction and biographies.
A two-time NAACP Image Award recipient, Carole has the soul of a poet and the heart of a historian. Carole Boston Weatherford is a Top 100 Bestselling Author Making Our List 12 TimesĬarole Boston Weatherford is the New York Times best-selling author of three Caldecott Honor books: Freedom in Congo Square, Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Featuring vibrant mixed-media art full of intricate detail, Voice of Freedom celebrates Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and legacy with a message of hope, determination, and strength.
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