The two had previously worked together on the young adult novel The Diary of ... Wheatley Award recognizing the best African-American books and writers in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Children ...

Kevin Young is the Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Young is best known as a poet, author, essayist and editor. He has written 11 ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - Hundreds of people gathered at Waterloo West High School Saturday to listen to Black authors read ...