James Haskins was born in Demopolis, Alabama. He graduated from high school in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1960 he received a B.A. degree from Georgetown University, in 1962 he received a B.S. degree from Alabama State University, and in 1963 he received a M.A. degree from the University of New Mexico. After graduation, he moved to New York and worked as a stock trader on Wall Street. He taught music and special education classes in Harlem, and eventually left stock trading to become a full-time teacher. His first book, Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher, was published in 1969. He was a professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and lived in New York City. Over the course of his career, he wrote well over 100 books, mostly for children and young adults, focusing on the biographies of leading African Americans and key aspects of African-American culture, social history, and contemporary life. He died in 2005 of complications from emphysema.
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Juvenile literature, African Americans, Biography, History, Counting, Numerals, Counting books, Counting, juvenile literature, African americans, juvenile literature, Civilization, Civil rights, African americans, biography, juvenile literature, Civil rights workers, Race relations, Singers, African americans, civil rights, African americans, biography, African americans, history, Afro-Americans, Legislators, United States, Basketball players, Blacks, Blacks, biography, Civil rights movementsPlaces
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Diana Ross (1944-), Jesse Jackson (1941-), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Spike Lee, Stevie Wonder, Abram, Adam Clayton Powell (1908-1972), Andrew Young (1932-), Archie, Babe Ruth (1895-1948), Balthasar, Barbara Jordan (1936-), Benvolio, Bill (Tänzer) Robinson, Bill Robinson (1878-1949), Bob McAdoo (1951-), Cecil F. Poole (1914-), Christopher Columbus, Curtis Sliwa (1954-), Dinah Washington (1924-1963), Donna Summer, Donna Summer (1948-), Duncan Ross, Earvin Johnson (1959-), EscalusTime
20th century, To 1863, 1863-1877, 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, 17th century, 1865-1950, 1877-1964, 1890, 18th century, 1947-, 1960-1970, 1960-1980, 1961-1969, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775ID Numbers
- OLID: OL22466A
- ISNI: 0000000109303938
- VIAF: 107026829
- Wikidata: Q6135694
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q6135694
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