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Emma Gelders Sterne

Sterne was of German-Jewish background, and was born in Birmingham, Alabama. When she was growing up she had never seen or heard "an educated color person. She had never even heard the name of a black man or woman who had done anything notable."[2] In 1913, during her freshman year of college, she attended a speech by W.E.B. Du Bois. Sterne sold her first story in May 1923, and quickly produced two books for the popular All About series. She continued writing for the rest of her life, focusing on history and children's literature, which she combined in her historical adaptations for children.

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Born 1894
Died 1971

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  • Cover of: The slave ship.

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    First published in 1971 — 3 editions
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Born 1894
Died 1971

Subjects

Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature, Amistad (Schooner), Slave trade, African Americans, Antislavery movements, Biography, Children's fiction, Civil rights, Slave insurrections, Slavery, fiction, Trials, litigation, Adaptations, Alabama collection, Arthurian romances, Blood, Children's plays, Civil rights workers, Democracy, Description and travel, Efficiency, Folklore, Indians of North America

Places

United States, Alabama, England, Europe, Southern States

People

Cinque, Philip Morin Freneau (1752-1832), Arthur King, Benito Juárez (1806-1872), King Arthur, Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963)

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865

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Alternative names

  • Emma (Gelders) Sterne
  • Emma Sterne
  • Emma Gelders-Sterne
  • Emma G. Sterne

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