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James Haskins (1941–2005)

Author of Rosa Parks: My Story

Includes the names: Jim Haskins, Jim Haskins, James Haskins -, James; Haskins Haskins, Jim

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Author Jim Haskins was born in Demopolis, Alabama on September 19, 1941. He received a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1960, a B.S. from Alabama State University in 1962, and a M.A. from the University of New Mexico in 1963. After graduation, he became a special education teacher in a public school in Harlem. His first book, Diary of a Harlem School Teacher, was the result of his experience there. He taught at numerous colleges and universities before becoming an English professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville in 1977. He wrote more than 100 books during his lifetime, ranging from counting books for children to biographies on Rosa Parks, Hank Aaron and Spike Lee. He won numerous awards for his work including the 1976 Coretta Scott King Award for The Story of Stevie Wonder, the 1984 Coretta Scott King Award for Lena Horne, the 1979 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Scott Joplin: The Man Who Made Ragtime; and the 1994 Washington Post Children's Book Guide Award. He also won the Carter G. Woodson Award for young adult non-fiction for Black Music in America; The March on Washington; and Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put "Black" in American History in 1989, 1994, and 2001, respectively. He died from complications of emphysema on July 6, 2005 at the age of 63. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Get on Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad… (more)
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Do not separate James Haskins into multiple authors unless you are certain this is correct. James Haskins (often Jim Haskins), an educator in New York City and Florida, wrote more than 100 books on subjects as diverse as African-American history, child abuse, alcoholism, werewolves, street gangs, religions, Indian history, sports and music biographies, and the Count Your Way series. The academic site listed in the sidebar has a large list of his many books.

Rosa Parks: My Story 1,211 copies, 15 reviews
Count Your Way Through China 207 copies, 4 reviews
Count Your Way Through Japan 181 copies, 3 reviews
Count Your Way Through Mexico 134 copies, 1 review
Count Your Way Through Israel 130 copies, 3 reviews
Count Your Way Through Africa 106 copies, 3 reviews
Count Your Way Through Germany 77 copies, 2 reviews
Count Your Way Through India 73 copies, 1 review
The Cotton Club 55 copies, 1 review
Bricktop 50 copies, 2 reviews
Count Your Way Through Brazil 49 copies, 4 reviews
Count Your Way Through Italy 47 copies, 2 reviews
Outward Dreams 46 copies, 1 review
I Have A Dream 30 copies
The March on Washington 26 copies, 1 review
Amazing Grace 15 copies
Nat King Cole 13 copies, 1 review
The Scottsboro Boys 12 copies, 1 review
Religions 10 copies
The Methodists 10 copies
The Story of Stevie Wonder 9 copies, 1 review
Werewolves 5 copies
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Do not separate James Haskins into multiple authors unless you are certain this is correct. James Haskins (often Jim Haskins), an educator in New York City and Florida, wrote more than 100 books on subjects as diverse as African-American history, child abuse, alcoholism, werewolves, street gangs, religions, Indian history, sports and music biographies, and the Count Your Way series. The academic site listed in the sidebar has a large list of his many books.

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