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The Legend of Africania (Author)

by Dorothy Robinson

Coretta Scott · 1975 · Winner
Children'sISBN 9780874850376

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Coretta Scott King Book Awards1975Winner

About the Author

Dorothy Redus Robinson (1909–2005) was an African American educator and author from Texas, best known for her memoir The Bell Rings at Four: A Black Teacher’s Chronicle of Change (1978), which chronicles her experiences as a teacher amid social change.Texas State Historical Association, Dallas Morning News obituary. She dedicated her career to education in Texas, contributing to Black educational history through her writing and teaching.Texas State Historical Association.

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