Telling A People’s Story: African-American Children’s Illustrated Literature
List of Featured Illustrators
Benny Andrews - born 1930 Plainview, GA, died November 10, 2006 Brooklyn, NY
Mr. Andrews illustrated children's books about the lives of Langston Hughes, W. W. Law, Josephine Carroll Smith, and Civil Rights leader Congressman John Lewis
Nneka Bennett - lives in East Orange, NJ
Ms. Bennett has illustrated these books for children.
Colin Bootman - born in the Caribbean, grew up in Trinidad and the United States, lives in Trinidad
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Rod Brown - native of Columbia, SC, lives in suburb of Washington, D.C.
Illustrator of three books: From Slave Ships to Freedom Road, Freedom's a-Callin Me, We Troubled the Waters
Ashley Bryan - born July 13, 1923 Harlem, NY
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R. Gregory Christie - born July 26, 1971 Plainfield, NJ, lives in Atlanta, GA
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Bryan Collier - born 1967 Pocomoke City, MD
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Floyd Cooper - born Tulsa, OK, currently lives in Easton, PA
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Michael Cummings - born November 28, 1945 Los Angeles, CA
Illustrator of In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies
Leo and Diane Dillon
Shane W. Evans
Tom Feelings
AG Ford
Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Ekua Holmes
John Holyfield
London Ladd
Jerome LaGarrigue
E. B. Lewis
Frank Morrison
Christopher Myers
Kadir Nelson
Brian Pinkney
Jerry Pinkney
Ansel Pitcairn
James Ransome
Charlotte Riley-Webb
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
Javaka Steptoe
Shadra Strickland
Don Tate
Eric Velasquez
Cornelius Van Wright
Elizabeth Zunon
Mr. Andrews illustrated children's books about the lives of Langston Hughes, W. W. Law, Josephine Carroll Smith, and Civil Rights leader Congressman John Lewis
Nneka Bennett - lives in East Orange, NJ
Ms. Bennett has illustrated these books for children.
Colin Bootman - born in the Caribbean, grew up in Trinidad and the United States, lives in Trinidad
Click here for books Mr. Bootman has illustrated.
Rod Brown - native of Columbia, SC, lives in suburb of Washington, D.C.
Illustrator of three books: From Slave Ships to Freedom Road, Freedom's a-Callin Me, We Troubled the Waters
Ashley Bryan - born July 13, 1923 Harlem, NY
Click here for books Mr. Bryan has illustrated.
R. Gregory Christie - born July 26, 1971 Plainfield, NJ, lives in Atlanta, GA
Click here for books Mr. Christie has illustrated.
Bryan Collier - born 1967 Pocomoke City, MD
Click here for books Mr. Collier has illustrated.
Floyd Cooper - born Tulsa, OK, currently lives in Easton, PA
Click here for books Mr. Cooper has illustrated.
Michael Cummings - born November 28, 1945 Los Angeles, CA
Illustrator of In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies
Leo and Diane Dillon
Shane W. Evans
Tom Feelings
AG Ford
Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Ekua Holmes
John Holyfield
London Ladd
Jerome LaGarrigue
E. B. Lewis
Frank Morrison
Christopher Myers
Kadir Nelson
Brian Pinkney
Jerry Pinkney
Ansel Pitcairn
James Ransome
Charlotte Riley-Webb
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
Javaka Steptoe
Shadra Strickland
Don Tate
Eric Velasquez
Cornelius Van Wright
Elizabeth Zunon