NEWS ITEM
Author Virginia Hamilton and actress
Della Reese To Highlight SRRTS
American Library Associations
Coretta Scott King Award
Honorary Campaign Chair
Celebration in New Orleans. |
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| Virginia Hamilton, award-winning
author of books for children and young adults, will serve as the honorary chair of the
public awareness campaign for the Coretta Scott King Award, to be launched at a gala event
on June 25, 1999 at the Annual Conference in New Orleans. Ms. Hamiltons latest book
title is Second Cousins, (Blue Sky Press, 1998) SRRTs Coretta Scott
King Task Force recently announced the theme of the campaign to be "Images of the
Past, Promises for the Future: 30 Years of Coretta Scott King Award Books." The
awards 30th anniversary will be celebrated in New Orleans. Celebrated actress
Della Reese, author of a new childrens book, God Inside Of Me, (Jump
in the Sun, Hyperion, 1998) is also scheduled to appear at the 30th Anniversary Breakfast
on Tuesday, June 29, 1999. |
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