George Moses Horton
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George Moses Horton, was an African-American poet from North Carolina who was enslaved until Union troops, carrying the Emancipation Proclamation, reached North Carolina. Horton is the first African-A
Title page to Poetical Works of George M. Horton (1845)
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Don Tate
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Don Tate is an American author and illustrator of books for children. Tate creates both fiction and nonfiction picture books, with a focus on the biographies of little-known historical figures. He is
George Moses Horton
…dormitory for George Moses Horton; it is believed to be the first university dormitory in the country to be named for a slave. In 2015 author/illustrator Don Tate published Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton, an illustrated biography for children. The Wilson Library at the University of North…
Tate at the 2022 Texas Book Festival