Emma Gelders Sterne
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Sterne was of German-Jewish background, and was born in Birmingham, Alabama. When she was growing up she had never seen or heard "an educated color person. She had never even heard the name of a black man or woman who had done anything notable."In 1913, during her freshman year of college, she attended a speech by W.E.B. Du Bois. Sterne sold her first story in May 1923, and quickly produced two books for the popular All About series. She continued writing for the rest of her life, focusing on history and children's literature, which she combined in her historical adaptations for children.
Books
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
The story of the Amistad
A fictional account of the 1839 revolt of Africans, led by Cinque, against their Spanish captors aboard the slave ship Amistad, and their subsequent arrival in the United States, where they were tried for piracy.
The long black schooner
A fictional account of the 1839 revolt of Africans, led by Cinque, against their Spanish captors aboard the slave ship Amistad, and their subsequent arrival in the United States, where they were tried for piracy.
The pirate of Chatham square
Kathleen McGilvray, with the silver Apostle spoons, and her motherless Irish brothers and sisters, lands in little old New York of 1839 and adventures then begin and roll merrily along. (Pro Parvulis Selection) - Excerpt from New worlds to live: a catalog of books for Catholic boys and girls. Selected. Annotated. Compiled by Mary Kiely. New York : Pro parvulis book club, Available at
Miranda is a Princess
First Edition with Matching dates on title page and copyright page. Illustrated in black and white by Robert Lawson, illustrations signed with his R L initials and his name on the front Dust Jacket flap.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Traces the life and achievements of the black educator who was instrumental in creating opportunities for blacks in education and government.
Blood Brothers
The Arnold family have worked the farmland for as far back as they can remember. Well-respected and comfortable in their small, close community, it seems nothing could upset their quiet everyday routine. Then Ellie enters their lives...With her shy smile and kind nature, she fits into the family easily. When Nancy Arnold's eldest son Frank begins to show an interest in the new arrival, she believes that at long last he has found a woman to share his life with. But tensions begin to rise between Frank and his brother, and while Nancy puts it down to sibling rivalry, her husband senses a more dangerous undercurrent. Something has deeply unsettled their peaceful world and Ellie is also affected. Someone is playing a game, a tragic game that will tear apart not only Nancy Arnold's family but the lives of others too...
They took their stand
Traces the efforts of eleven courageous whites who devoted their lives to assisting southern Negroes in the fight for equality and civil rights.