Carole Boston Weatherford

Carole Boston Weatherford
BornCarole Boston
(1956-02-13) February 13, 1956 (age 68)
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Education
Notable worksMoses (2006), Before John Was a Jazz Giant (2007), Becoming Billie Holiday (2008), Voice of Freedom (2015), Freedom in Congo Square (2016), In Your Hands (2017), Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library (2017), Unspeakable (2021), How Do You Spell Unfair? (2023)
Notable awards

Carole Boston Weatherford (born 1956) is an American author and critic. She has published over 50 children's books, primarily non-fiction and poetry. The music of poetry has fascinated Weatherford and motivated her literary career.[1] She has won multiple awards for her books, including the 2022 Coretta Scott King Award for Author for her book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre. As a critic, she is best known for her controversial criticism of Pokémon character Jynx and Dragon Ball character Mr. Popo.

Early life and education

Carole Boston was born February 13, 1956, in Baltimore to Joseph Alexander and Carolyn Virginia Boston.[2] She began writing in first grade by dictating poems to her mother. Her father taught printing at a local high school and published his daughter's early works. As a child, she enjoyed reading Dr. Seuss and Langston Hughes. She continued to pursue creative writing as a hobby through high school and college.[citation needed]

Weatherford earned a Bachelor of Arts from American University in 1977, a Master of Arts publication design from the University of Baltimore in 1982, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.[2][3]

Career

Boston Weatherford has held many positions before beginning her writing career, including as an English teacher (1978); a field representative for the American Red Cross (1978–79); creator, producer, and host of the Black Arts Review radio show (1979); Art Litho Co. account executive (1981); National Bar Association communications director (1981–85); B & C Associates, Inc. vice president and creative director (1985–88).

Weatherford published her first picture book, Juneteenth Jamboree, with Lee & Low Books in 1995; the book discusses a summer celebration in memory of the Texas Emancipation.[4] She then wrote a series of board books for preschoolers. In 1998, she co-authored Somebody's Knocking at Your Door: AIDS and the African American Church, and then published a collection of poetry, The Tar Baby on the Soapbox. After establishing herself as a versatile writer for both children and adults, she published two nonfiction chapter books before penning her first award-winning children's book, The Sound That Jazz Makes (2001), a poem that traces the history of African-American music.[citation needed] The book won the 2001 Carter G. Woodson Book Award[5] and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children.[citation needed]

Since then, she has continued to write poetry, historical fiction, and nonfiction biographical works for children. She said in a 2008 interview that one of the most important poems she has written was Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom: "Those inspired words came together with Kadir Nelson's soulful paintings and Ellice Lee's brilliant art direction in a perfect publishing storm. Moses propelled my career to another level."[1] Moses has won a Caldecott Award for illustration,[6] as well as an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children,[7] and became a New York Times bestseller.[citation needed]

In 2008, Weatherford published her first poetic novel for young adults, Becoming Billie Holiday, about the development of the artist who she refers to as her muse.

Her book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, illustrated by Floyd Cooper and published by Carolrhoda Books, won both the Coretta Scott King Illustrator & Author awards in 2022.[8] The novel was also a finalist for the Caldecott Medal as well as the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award.[9]

As an author, Weatherford acknowledges her calling "to mine the past for family stories, fading traditions and forgotten struggles."[10] The books she writes, in poetry and prose, explore African-American history from a children's perspective and relate the past to new generations. Her works are often inspired by true events, many of which took place in the areas where she has lived. In her Author's Notes for each book, she includes a portion of the historical research from which her fiction or poetry emerged. In describing her purpose for writing to School Library Journal, in a 2008 interview: "I want the books that I write that are set during the Jim Crow era and the Civil Rights era to nudge today's kids toward justice. We've gone a long way, but we still have a long way to go."[11]

Weatherford eventually became a writer-in-residence at Fayetteville State University (FSU). In 2007, she received the position of associate professor teaching composition and children's literature.[12]

Critical articles

Weatherford has written multiple articles attacking what she identifies as stereotyped caricatures of black people in East Asian popular culture, with two of the more prominent ones being geared toward anime, and another aimed at the name of a toothpaste brand.

Pokémon

See also: Pokémon

In January 2000, Weatherford wrote an op-ed piece that ran in newspapers across Alabama. "Politically Incorrect Pokémon" explained how she believed that Pokémon #124, Jynx, was a negative stereotype of African Americans:

The character Jynx, Pokémon #124, has decidedly human features [in contrast to most other characters]: jet-black skin, huge pink lips, gaping eyes, a straight blonde mane and a full figure, complete with cleavage and wiggly hips. Put another way, Jynx resembles an overweight drag queen incarnation of Little Black Sambo, a stereotype from a children's book long ago purged from libraries.[13]

In response to the controversy, Jynx's in-game sprites were given a purple skin color in the American versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver, released in late 2000. By 2002, Nintendo officially redesigned Jynx, changing its skin color from black to purple; this change was not reflected in the animated series until Jynx's purple skin appearance debuted in the episode "Mean With Envy!" (混戦、混乱！ポケモンコンテスト・キナギ大会！ （前編）), which originally aired in 2005,[14] with the Amazon Prime release of "Holiday Hi-Jynx" recoloring Jynx accordingly, although it is still black on the thumbnail.

Dragon Ball

See also: Dragon Ball

In an article published in The Christian Science Monitor in May 2000, Weatherford reiterated and expanded on her argument. Jynx had looked like "an obese drag queen" and she also offered Mr. Popo, a character from the Dragon Ball franchise, up for critique:

Mr. Popo is a rotund, turban-clad genie with pointy ears, jet-black skin, shiny white eyes and, yes, big red lips.[15]

The Dragon Ball manga later released by Viz in 2003 had reduced the size of Mr. Popo's lips.[16] Furthermore, media related to the series' sequel Dragon Ball Super showed an increase of black characters that strayed away from racist stereotypes, such as that of Goten and Trunks' classmates Rulah and Chok, and fewer references made to Mr. Popo (with the latest release Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero only indicating the character being off-screen).

Selected awards and honors

Sixteen of Weatherford's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Before John Was a Jazz Giant (2008),[17] Freedom in Congo Square (2016),[18] Voice of Freedom (2016),[19] In Your Hands (2017),[20] Schomburg (2017),[21] How Sweet the Sound (2018),[22] The Roots of Rap (2019),[23] Beauty Mark (2020),[24] Box (2020),[25] By and By (2020),[26] Unspeakable (2021),[27] Call Me Miss Hamilton (2022),[28] How Do You Spell Unfair? (2023),[29] Kin (2023),[30] Bros (2024),[31] and Outspoken (2024).[32]

Awards

Year Title Award Result Ref.
2001 The Sound that Jazz Makes Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Elementary Level) Won [5]
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children Finalist [citation needed]
2002 Remember the Bridge North Carolina AAUW Award for Juvenile Literature Won [33]
2005 Freedom on the Menu North Carolina AAUW Award for Juvenile Literature Won [33]
2006 Dear Mr. Rosenwald Golden Kite Honor Award for Picture Book Text ? [citation needed]
2007 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children Finalist [citation needed]
Moses Caldecott Medal Honor [6]
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children Won [7]
2008 Birmingham, 1963 Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Book for Older Children Honor [34]
Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Won [35]
Jefferson Cup Award Won [36]
2009 Becoming Billie Holiday Coretta Scott King Award for Author Honor [37]
Before John Was a Jazz Giant Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Text Honor [38]
2016 Gordon Parks NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children Won [39][7][40]
Voice of Freedom Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Non-fiction Honor [41][42]
Caldecott Medal Honor [43]
Sibert Medal Honor [44]
2017 Freedom in Congo Square Caldecott Medal Honor [45][46]
Charlotte Zolotow Award Won [47]
Voice of Freedom Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title Finalist [48]
2018 Schomburg AAUW NC Award for Young People's Literature Won [49]
Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Middle Level) Honor [5]
Golden Kite Award for Non-Fiction for Younger Readers Won [7][50]
Jefferson Cup Award Honor [51]
Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Readers Won [7][52][53]
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Nominated [54]
2021 BOX Newbery Medal Honor [55][56]
Unspeakable Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction Honor [42]
Kirkus Prize for Picture Books Finalist [57]
National Book Award for Young People's Literature Longlisted [55][58]
2022 Caldecott Medal Honor [59][60]
Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Middle Level) Won [5]
Coretta Scott King Award for Author and Illustrator Won [37][61][60]
Kids' Book Choice Award for Book of the Year: 3rd to 5th Grade Won [62]
Sibert Medal Won [60]
2023 Me and the Family Tree Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award for 18–36 months Won [63]
A Song for the Unsung Lambda Literary Award for Children's Literature Finalist [64]
Standing in the Need of Prayer Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture Book Honor [42]
2024 How Do You Spell Unfair? Coretta Scott King Award for Author Honor [65]
Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist [66]
A Song for the Unsung Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist [66]
Kin: Rooted in Hope Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry (Older Readers) from Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Won [67]

Selected best "of" lists

"Best of" Lists for Weatherford's Books
Title Year Organization List Ref.
All Rise 2024 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (5–9) [68][a]
Box 2020 Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year [69]
Dreams for a Daughter 2022 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (5–9) [70]
The Faith of Elijah Cummings 2022 Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year [71]
2023 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (5–9) [72][a]
Freedom in Congo Square 2016 Booklist Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth [73]
Top 10 Multicultural Nonfiction for Youth [74]
The Horn Book Magazine Fanfare for Picture Book [75]
The New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year [76]
2017 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (5–9) [77][a]
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children (7–10) [78]
International Literacy Association (CL/R SIG) Notable Books for a Global Society [79]
Freedom on the Menu 2005 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books [citation needed]
Gordon Parks 2016 Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children (Up to 7) [78]
Grandma and Me 2020 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (Under Five) [80]
How Do You Spell Unfair? 2023 Booklist Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth [81]
Kirkus Reviews Best Pictures Books of the Year [82]
2024 Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children's Books [83]
Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (5–9) [68][a]
Booklist Top 10 History Books for Youth [84]
International Literacy Association (CL/R SIG) Notable Books for a Global Society [79]
How Sweet the Sound 2018 Booklist Top 10 Religion & Spirituality for Youth [85]
In Your Hands 2017 Booklist Top 10 Religion & Spirituality Books for Youth [86]
Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year [87]
2018 Booklist Top 10 Diverse Picture Books [88]
Kin: Rooted in Hope 2023 Shelf Awareness Best Middle Grade Books of the Year [89]
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne 2017 Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth [90]
2018 Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children (7–10) [78]
Leontyne Price 2015 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (5–9) [91][a]
Booklist Top 10 Arts Books for Yout [92]
Madam Speaker 2022 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (5–9) [70]
Me and My Mama 2020 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (Under Five) [80][a]
Me and the Family Tree 2020 Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (Under Five) [80][a]
Moses 2006 The Horn Book Magazine Fanfare for Nonfiction [75]
A Negro League Scrapbook 2006 International Literacy Association (CL/R SIG) Notable Books for a Global Society [79]
RESPECT 2020 Booklist Top 10 Arts Books for Youth [93]
The Roots of Rap 2019 Booklist Top 10 Arts Books for Youth [94]
Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers [95]
Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year [96]
New York Public Library Best Books for Kids [97]
Schomburg 2017 Shelf Awareness Best Picture Books of the Year [98]
Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year [87]
2018 Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth [99]
Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction for Older and Middle Readers [100]
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children (7–10) [78]
A Song for the Unsong 2023 American Library Association Rainbow Book List [101]
Standing in the Need of Prayer 2022 The Horn Book Magazine Fanfare for Poetry [75]
Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year [71]
2023 Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children's Books [102]
Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year (5–9) [72]
Unspeakable 2021 Booklist Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth [103]
CPL Best Informational Books for Older Readers [104]
The Horn Book Magazine Fanfare for Nonfiction [75]
Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books of the Year [105]
The New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Books [106]
New York Public Library Best Books for Kids [107]
NPR Books We Love [108]
2022 Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children's Books [109]
Booklist Top 10 History for Youth [110]
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children (7–10) [78]
International Literacy Association (CL/R SIG) Notable Books for a Global Society [79]
Voice of Freedom 2015 Booklist Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth [111]
The Horn Book Magazine Fanfare for Nonfiction [75]
2016 American Library Association Amelia Bloomer List [112]
Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children's Books [113]
Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth [114]
You Can Fly 2017 Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children's Books [115]

Personal life

On February 2, 1985, Boston married writer Ronald Jeffrey Weatherford. She has two children.[2]

Publications

1990s

  • Juneteenth Jamboree. Illustrated by Yvonne Buchanan. Lee & Low Books. 1995. ISBN 1-60060-248-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[4]
  • Grandma and Me. Illustrated by Michelle Mills. Writers & Readers Publishing. 1997. ISBN 0-86316-252-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Me & the Family Tree. Illustrated by Michelle Mills. Writers & Readers Publishing. 1997. ISBN 0-86316-251-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Mighty Menfolk. Illustrated by Michelle Mills. Writers & Readers Publishing. 1997. ISBN 0-86316-253-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • My Favorite Toy. Illustrated by Michelle Mills. Writers & Readers Publishing. 1997. ISBN 0-86316-215-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Somebody's Knocking at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American Church, with Ronald J. Weatherford (Author) and Harold G. Koenig (Author), 1998, Routledge, ISBN 0-7890-0575-1
  • The Tar Baby on the Soapbox, 1999, Methodist College, ISBN 0-9670994-3-9
  • Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks, 1999, Coastal Carolina Press, ISBN 1-928556-03-5

2000s

2010s

2020s

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Bank Street College of Education marked All Rise, The Faith of Elijah Cummings, Freedom in Congo Square, How Do You Spell Unfair?, Leontyne Price, Me and My Mama, and Me and the Family Tree as books of "Outstanding Merit".

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