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James Haskins (1941–2005)

Autor/a de Rosa Parks: My Story

185+ obres 7,176 Membres 89 Ressenyes 2 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Author Jim Haskins was born in Demopolis, Alabama on September 19, 1941. He received a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1960, a B.S. from Alabama State University in 1962, and a M.A. from the University of New Mexico in 1963. After graduation, he became a special education teacher in a public mostra'n més school in Harlem. His first book, Diary of a Harlem School Teacher, was the result of his experience there. He taught at numerous colleges and universities before becoming an English professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville in 1977. He wrote more than 100 books during his lifetime, ranging from counting books for children to biographies on Rosa Parks, Hank Aaron and Spike Lee. He won numerous awards for his work including the 1976 Coretta Scott King Award for The Story of Stevie Wonder, the 1984 Coretta Scott King Award for Lena Horne, the 1979 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Scott Joplin: The Man Who Made Ragtime; and the 1994 Washington Post Children's Book Guide Award. He also won the Carter G. Woodson Award for young adult non-fiction for Black Music in America; The March on Washington; and Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put "Black" in American History in 1989, 1994, and 2001, respectively. He died from complications of emphysema on July 6, 2005 at the age of 63. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Nota de desambiguació:

(eng) Do not separate James Haskins into multiple authors unless you are certain this is correct. James Haskins (often Jim Haskins), an educator in New York City and Florida, wrote more than 100 books on subjects as diverse as African-American history, child abuse, alcoholism, werewolves, street gangs, religions, Indian history, sports and music biographies, and the Count Your Way series. The academic site listed in the sidebar has a large list of his many books.

Crèdit de la imatge: University of Florida

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Obres de James Haskins

Rosa Parks: My Story (1948) 1,289 exemplars
Count Your Way Through China (1987) 222 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Japan (1987) 188 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Mexico (1989) 146 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Israel (1990) 137 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Africa (1989) 110 exemplars
African Beginnings (1998) 107 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Korea (1800) 98 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Germany (1990) 82 exemplars
Count Your Way Through India (1750) 78 exemplars
Colin Powell: A Biography (1992) 77 exemplars
The Cotton Club (1977) 56 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Greece (1996) 52 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Italy (1990) 52 exemplars
Bricktop (1983) 51 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Canada (1989) 50 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Brazil (1996) 50 exemplars
Outward Dreams (1991) 50 exemplars
Count Your Way Through France (1996) 46 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Ireland (1996) 41 exemplars
I Have A Dream (1992) 30 exemplars
The Statue of Liberty (1986) 27 exemplars
The March on Washington (1993) 26 exemplars
Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance (2002) — Editor — 20 exemplars
Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher (1969) 20 exemplars
Amazing Grace (1992) 18 exemplars
The Sixties Reader (1988) 17 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Iran (2007) 15 exemplars
Harlem Renaissance, The (1996) 15 exemplars
Nat King Cole (1984) 14 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Egypt (2007) 13 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Zimbabwe (2006) 12 exemplars
Mabel Mercer: A Life (1987) 12 exemplars
The Scottsboro Boys (1994) 12 exemplars
African American Musicians (2000) 11 exemplars
Diana Ross: Star Supreme (1985) 11 exemplars
Black Theater in America (1982) 10 exemplars
Religions (1973) 10 exemplars
The Methodists (1992) 10 exemplars
The Story of Stevie Wonder (1976) 9 exemplars
Geography Of Hope:Black Exodus (1999) 9 exemplars
Toni Morrison (Single Titles) (2002) 9 exemplars
Count Your Way Through Kenya (2007) 8 exemplars
Winnie Mandela (1988) 7 exemplars
African American Millionaires (2004) 7 exemplars
Barbara Jordan (1977) 6 exemplars
Black Stars of Civil War Times (2003) — Editor — 6 exemplars
The Great American Crazies (1977) 6 exemplars
Black Stars of the Civil Rights Movement (2003) — Editor — 6 exemplars
Snow sculpture and ice carving (1974) 6 exemplars
African Heroes (Black Stars) (2005) 6 exemplars
Stevie Wonder Scrapbook (1978) 5 exemplars
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (1980) 5 exemplars
Werewolves (1981) 5 exemplars
Katherine Dunham (1982) 5 exemplars
The Child Abuse Help Book (1982) 4 exemplars
Teen-Age Alcoholism (1976) 3 exemplars
Profiles in Black power (1972) 3 exemplars
Who Are the Handicapped? (1978) 3 exemplars
Fighting Shirley Chisholm (1975) 3 exemplars
Leaders of the Middle East (1985) 2 exemplars
Sugar Ray Leonard (1998) 2 exemplars
Cocktail Piano 2 2 exemplars
The Guardian Angels (1983) 2 exemplars
Bob McAdoo, superstar (1978) 2 exemplars
Gambling--who really wins? (1979) 2 exemplars
Cocktail Piano I 1 exemplars
Cocktail Piano IV 1 exemplars
Cocktail Piano XIV 1 exemplars
Cocktail Piano V 1 exemplars
Black Manifesto for Education. — Editor — 1 exemplars
The consumer movement (1975) 1 exemplars
Jokes from Black folks, (1973) 1 exemplars
About Michael Jackson (1985) 1 exemplars
Sugar Ray Leonard (1982) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

I Am Rosa Parks (1997) 462 exemplars
Great Ghost Stories (Books of Wonder) (1998) — Col·laborador — 49 exemplars
Hamp: An Autobiography (1989) 45 exemplars
The Remembered Gate: Memoirs by Alabama Writers (2002) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars
Bubber Goes to Heaven (1998) — Introducció, algunes edicions9 exemplars

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Altres noms
HASKINS, Jim
HASKINS, James S.
HASKINS, James
Data de naixement
1941-09-14
Data de defunció
2005-07-06
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
Demopolis, Alabama, USA
Lloc de defunció
Manhattan, New York, USA
Llocs de residència
New York, New York, USA
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Educació
Georgetown University (BA|1960)
Alabama State University (BS|1962)
University of New Mexico (MA|1963)
Professions
university professor
music teacher
special education teacher
curator
editor
book reviewer (mostra-les totes 7)
stock trader
Organitzacions
University of Florida, Gainesville
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.
National Education Advisory Committee of The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution
CIVITAS
The Gainesville Sun (mostra-les totes 8)
Opportunity magazine
Footsteps magazine
Premis i honors
James Haskins Visiting Scholar Fellowship named in his honor (University of Florida)
Nota de desambiguació
Do not separate James Haskins into multiple authors unless you are certain this is correct. James Haskins (often Jim Haskins), an educator in New York City and Florida, wrote more than 100 books on subjects as diverse as African-American history, child abuse, alcoholism, werewolves, street gangs, religions, Indian history, sports and music biographies, and the Count Your Way series. The academic site listed in the sidebar has a large list of his many books.

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Ressenyes

 
Marcat
RCornell | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Oct 30, 2023 |
Learn to count in Swahili from one through ten.
 
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BLTSbraille | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Oct 28, 2021 |
Dec. 1 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery Alabama bus boycott.
 
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BLTSbraille | Hi ha 14 ressenyes més | Oct 16, 2021 |

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Obres
185
També de
6
Membres
7,176
Popularitat
#3,418
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
89
ISBN
438
Llengües
5
Preferit
2
Pedres de toc
15

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