Boyd, Candy Dawson
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Name (Latin)
Boyd, Candy Dawson
Date of birth
1946-08-08
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Authors
Educators
Illustrators
Novelists
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature, accessed April 26, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Boyd, Candy; Marguerite Dawson; children's book writer/illustrator, fiction writer, educator, political activist; born 1946 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States; bachelor's degree from Northeastern Illinois State University; PhD in education from University of California; organizer of Southern Christian Leadership Conference; worked with Operation PUSH; trained teachers, created organizations to develop reading among young people in Berkeley, California; was named professor of the Year at St. Mary's College (1992); received Children's Book Council award, American Library Association award, and International Reading Association award; her book Circle of Gold was designated a Coretta Scott King Honor Book)
- Her Breadsticks and blessing places, c1985:CIP t.p. (Candy Dawson Boyd)