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The C.P. Hoogenhout Award is awarded since 1960 to recognize the best original Afrikaans book for children between seven and twelve years of age. The South African Library Association instituted the prize for the best children's picture book. [2] In earlier years the prize was awarded annually, but since 1982 it is awarded every two years.
The International Day of the African Child, [1] also known as the Day of the African Child (DAC), [2] [3] has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the OAU Organisation of African Unity. [1] It honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day.
The Percy FitzPatrick Award, in recognition of author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, was initiated in 1970 for the best South African children's book in English. [1] [2]Initiated in 1970 by the South African Library Association (SALA), initially only books written and published in South Africa could qualify.
The prize is awarded annually to African citizens who submit a short story geared toward children and/or young adults in one of three categories: Junior Category (stories for readers aged 8–11 years), Senior Category (stories for readers aged 12–15 years) and a Rising Writer prize for a promising writer aged 18 years and under.
The BET Honors, which celebrates the lives and achievements of African American luminaries. Coretta Scott King Award (annual literary award from the American Library Association given to African American authors and illustrators) Golden Eagle Award, Afro-American in the Arts; Black Movie Awards; Essence Literary Awards (defunct) Glyph Comics Awards
The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Coretta Scott King Book Award Round Table, part of the American Library Association (ALA). Named for Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King Jr., this award recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children by African Americans that reflect the African American experience.
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The picture book The Snowy Day, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats is published. It is regarded as the first picture book to portray an African American child as a protagonist. 1963. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is held. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech. 1964