Articles by boykinad

Ekua Holmes has devoted her practice to sustaining contemporary Black Art traditions in Boston, as an artist, curator of exhibitions, and as an active member of […]

E.B. Lewis considers himself an artistrator, a mix of illustrating and fine art and has illustrated over 70 books for children. He has won numerous […]

R. Gregory Christie has illustrated over 50 books, 6 of them being featured in the exhibition Telling A People’s Story including: Freedom in Congo Square, Richard Wright and […]

Shadra Strickland is an award winning illustrator, receiving the NAACP Image award in 2010 for co-illustrating Our Children Can Soar. Strickland also won the Ezra Jack […]

Jerry Pinkney has illustrated over 100 works in children’s books and novels. He is the recipient of a Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Honors, and five New York Times […]

In 2017, Javaka Steptoe became the first author/illustrator to win the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for the same book […]

Overnight success does not always happen overnight. In fact, for Don Tate, overnight success took thirty-plus years to attain. This self-described “Longest-coming-up-and-comer” will share his […]

On Monday we commemorate a man who changed the history of the black community forever. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a father, son, husband, brother, […]