Bishop wade hudson biography
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Hudson, Wade 1946–
PERSONAL: Born October 23, 1946, in Mansfield, LA; son of Wade and Lurline (Jones) Hudson; married Cheryl Willis (a publisher and writer), June 24, 1972; children: Katura, Stephan. Ethnicity: "African American." Education: Attended Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1964–68. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Baptist.
ADDRESSES: Home—202 Dodd St., East Orange, NJ 07017. Office—Just Us Books, 356 Glenwood Ave., 3rd Floor, East Orange, NJ 07017.
CAREER: Just Us Books, East Orange, NJ, co-owner, 1987–. Multicultural Publishers Exchange, board member; Children's Defense Fund, board member of Langston Hughes Library; Imani Baptist Church, East Orange, NJ, deacon.
MEMBER: PEN America, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Authors Guild, Authors League of America, African American Publishers, Writers and Booksellers Association.
AWARDS, HONORS:Stephen Crane Literary Award, 2001; inducted into Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent, 2003.
WRITINGS:
FOR CHILDREN
(With Valerie Wilson Wesley) Afro-Bets Book of Black Heroes from A to Z: An Introduction to Important Black Achievers for Young Readers, illustrated by wife, Cheryl W. Hudson, Just Us Books (East Orange, NJ), 1988.
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Afro-bets Book learn Black Heroes from A to Z: An Start on to Have a bearing Black Achievers for Lush Readers
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Wade Hudson (1946–) Biography
Biographical and Critical Sources
PERIODICALS
Black Enterprise, March, 1991, p. 21.
Black Issues Book Review, March-April, 2004, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, review of Poetry from the Masters, p. 25.
Booklist, January 1, 1989, p. 788; September 15, 1995, p. 165; April 1, 1997, p. 132; February 15, 2003, Ilene Cooper, review of Scientists, Healers, and Inventors, p. 1080; February 15, 2004, Carolyn Phelan, review of Powerful Words: More than 200 Years of Extraordinary Writing by African Americans, p. 134.
Kirkus Reviews, February 1, 2004, review of Powerful Words, p. 134.
Publishers Weekly, December 6, 1991, p. 71; January 20, 1997, p. 400.
School Library Journal, December, 1988, p. 117; February, 1992, p. 74; November, 1995, p. 90; June, 1997, p. 138; February, 2004, Mary N. Oluonye, review of Poetry from the Masters and Powerful Words, p. 164; October, 2004, review of Powerful Words, p. S31.
Social Education, April, 1992, p. 262.
ONLINE
Just Us Books Web site, http://www.justusbooks.com/ (July 15, 2005).
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