Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy
American Library Association
Dr. Pauletta B. Bracy 2019 recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
January 28, 2019
January 28, 2019
SEATTLE – Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy is the recipient of the 2019
Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The
announcement was made today by the American Library Association (ALA),
during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits held Jan. 25 – 29, in
Seattle, Washington.
“Dr. Bracy has been a tireless advocate for high quality African
American literature for young people,” said Award Committee Chair
Deborah D. Taylor. “She has been an inspirational leader and mentor to
countless librarians and education professionals.”
Dr. Pauletta Bracy, is Professor of Library Science and Director of
the Office of University Accreditation at North Carolina Central
University (NCCU). She has successfully merged scholarship and service
with publications such as “Libraries, Literacy and African American
Youth” (co-edited with Sandra Hughes Hassell and Casey H. Rawson) as
well as her work with the Coretta Scott King Book Awards and with
workshops and conferences dedicated to promoting African American books
for children and teens. She recently served as co-organizer for
Celebrating Our Voices: Black Children’s Literature Symposium and Book
Festival held at NCCU.
The Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime
Achievement is named in memory of beloved children’s author Virginia
Hamilton. The annual award is presented in odd years (i.e. 2015, 2017,
2019…), to a practitioner for substantial contributions through active
engagement with youth using award winning African American literature
for children and/or young adults, via implementation of reading and
reading related activities/programs. The recipient may be a public
librarian, academic librarian, school librarian (public or private), an
educator (pre-K - 12 or any level therein, or higher education) or youth
literature advocate whose vocation, work, volunteer service or ongoing
promotion of books with and/or on behalf of youth is significant and
sustained.
In even years (i.e. 2016, 2018, 2020…), the award is presented to an
African American author, illustrator or author/illustrator for a body of
his or her published books for children and/or young adults, and who
has made a significant and lasting literary contribution.
Virginia Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books.
She wrote more than 35 books throughout her career, including “M. C.
Higgins, the Great,” for which she won the 1975 Newbery Medal. During
her lifetime, Hamilton received numerous awards including the Coretta
Scott King Book Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Atlanta Globe-Horn
Book Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
Members of the 2019 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for
Lifetime Achievement Award Committee are: Chair Deborah D. Taylor,
Baltimore; Therese G. Bigelow, Coupeville, Wash.; Patty Carleton, St.
Louis; Dr. Rosalie B. Kiah, Norfolk (Va.) State University; and Ida W.
Thompson, Richland Library, Columbia, S.C.
American Library Association (ALA) is the foremost national
organization providing resources to inspire library and information
professionals to transform their communities through essential programs
and services. For more than 140 years, ALA has been the trusted voice of
libraries, advocating for the profession and the library’s role in
enhancing learning and ensuring access to information for all. For more
information, visit ala.org. To make a contribution to support our work,
visit ala.org/donate.
For more information on the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton
Award for Lifetime Achievement Award and other ALA Youth Media Awards,
please visit www.ala.org/yma.
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