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James Haskins (1941–2005)

Autor(a) de Rosa Parks: My Story

185+ Works 7,302 Membros 91 Críticas 2 Favorited

About the Author

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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:

(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.

Image credit: University of Florida

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Obras por James Haskins

Rosa Parks: My Story (1948) 1,321 exemplares
Count Your Way Through China (1987) 227 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Japan (1987) 190 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Mexico (1989) 147 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Israel (1990) 140 exemplares
African Beginnings (1998) 112 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Africa (1989) 111 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Korea (1800) 100 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Germany (1990) 83 exemplares
Count Your Way Through India (1750) 78 exemplares
Colin Powell: A Biography (1992) 78 exemplares
The Cotton Club (1977) 55 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Greece (1996) 53 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Italy (1990) 53 exemplares
Bricktop (1983) 52 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Canada (1989) 51 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Brazil (1996) 50 exemplares
Outward Dreams (1991) 50 exemplares
Count Your Way Through France (1996) 48 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Ireland (1996) 42 exemplares
I Have A Dream (1992) 30 exemplares
The March on Washington (1993) 27 exemplares
The Statue of Liberty (1986) 27 exemplares
Spike Lee: By Any Means Necessary (1997) 25 exemplares
Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher (1969) 20 exemplares
Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance (2002) — Editor — 20 exemplares
Amazing Grace (1992) 18 exemplares
The Sixties Reader (1988) 17 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Iran (2007) 17 exemplares
Harlem Renaissance, The (1996) 16 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Egypt (2007) 13 exemplares
Nat King Cole (1984) 13 exemplares
The Scottsboro Boys (1994) 12 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Zimbabwe (2006) 12 exemplares
African American Musicians (2000) 11 exemplares
Mabel Mercer: A Life (1987) 11 exemplares
Diana Ross: Star Supreme (1985) 11 exemplares
Religions (1973) 10 exemplares
Black Theater in America (1982) 10 exemplares
The Methodists (1992) 10 exemplares
The Story of Stevie Wonder (1976) 9 exemplares
Geography Of Hope:Black Exodus (1999) 9 exemplares
Toni Morrison (Single Titles) (2002) 9 exemplares
Winnie Mandela (1988) 8 exemplares
Count Your Way Through Kenya (2007) 8 exemplares
African American Millionaires (2004) 7 exemplares
Stevie Wonder Scrapbook (1978) 6 exemplares
The Great American Crazies (1977) 6 exemplares
Barbara Jordan (1977) 6 exemplares
Snow sculpture and ice carving (1974) 6 exemplares
African Heroes (Black Stars) (2005) 6 exemplares
Black Stars of Civil War Times (2003) — Editor — 6 exemplares
Black Stars of the Civil Rights Movement (2003) — Editor — 6 exemplares
Katherine Dunham (1982) 5 exemplares
Werewolves (1981) 5 exemplares
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (1980) 5 exemplares
Fighting Shirley Chisholm (1975) 4 exemplares
The Child Abuse Help Book (1982) 4 exemplares
Teen-Age Alcoholism (1976) 3 exemplares
Who Are the Handicapped? (1978) 3 exemplares
Profiles in Black power (1972) 3 exemplares
Cecil Poole : a life in the law (2002) 3 exemplares
Bob McAdoo, superstar (1978) 2 exemplares
Leaders of the Middle East (1985) 2 exemplares
Gambling--who really wins? (1979) 2 exemplares
Sugar Ray Leonard (1998) 2 exemplares
Malcolm X (Picture Life Series) (1975) 2 exemplares
The Guardian Angels (1983) 2 exemplares
Cocktail Piano 2 2 exemplares
Cocktail Piano IV 1 exemplar
Cocktail Piano I 1 exemplar
Cocktail Piano V 1 exemplar
Cocktail Piano XIV 1 exemplar
Black Manifesto for Education. — Editor — 1 exemplar
The consumer movement (1975) 1 exemplar
Jokes from Black folks, (1973) 1 exemplar
About Michael Jackson (1985) 1 exemplar
Sugar Ray Leonard (1982) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

I Am Rosa Parks (1997) 466 exemplares
Great Ghost Stories (Books of Wonder) (1998) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Hamp: An Autobiography (1989) 45 exemplares
The Remembered Gate: Memoirs by Alabama Writers (2002) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Bubber Goes to Heaven (1998) — Introdução, algumas edições10 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
HASKINS, Jim
HASKINS, James S.
HASKINS, James
Data de nascimento
1941-09-14
Data de falecimento
2005-07-06
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Demopolis, Alabama, USA
Local de falecimento
Manhattan, New York, USA
Locais de residência
New York, New York, USA
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Educação
Georgetown University (BA|1960)
Alabama State University (BS|1962)
University of New Mexico (MA|1963)
Ocupações
university professor
music teacher
special education teacher
curator
editor
book reviewer (mostrar todos 7)
stock trader
Organizações
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 (mostrar todos 8)
Opportunity magazine
Footsteps magazine
Prémios e menções honrosas
James Haskins Visiting Scholar Fellowship named in his honor (University of Florida)
Nota de desambiguação
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.

Membros

Críticas

EducatingParents.org rating: Approved
Historical time frame: 1913 - 1991

Warning: discussion of racism, violence, etc.

Ivy review on Goodreads.com -
Not only is Rosa Parks an inspiration to activists around the world, but her writing is also inspirational and beautiful. It is amazing what she had to go through to receive basic rights for black people, yet she is totally humble and thankful to everyone who supported her in her activism. The book also has photos, including ones from the bus boycott. There is some description of brutality, so I'd recommend this book to ages 15+, especially if you're like me and are quite sensitive to violence.… (mais)
 
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MamaBearLendingDen | 15 outras críticas | Jan 1, 2024 |
Dated, stylistically, reminded me of the Lauren Bacall book I read as a teenager. Bricktop apparently had a je ne sais quoi that resulted in her great success as a caberet singer and night club owner—the book is a veritable list of who’s who. But this didn’t translate well through the book. I have no idea what she was like or why people (according to her) adored her so much. She kept questionable company as well…. Lots of people we now know of as nazi and nazi sympathizers…but she seemed to try to live by a simple credo: if you treat me well I’ll treat you well…but these people are not good for the world…. So I’m confused after reading the book.… (mais)
 
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BookyMaven | 2 outras críticas | Dec 6, 2023 |
First edition
 
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RCornell | 1 outra crítica | Oct 30, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
185
Also by
6
Membros
7,302
Popularidade
#3,347
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
91
ISBN
437
Línguas
6
Marcado como favorito
2

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