In commemoration of Black History Month, we'll be featuring articles, speeches, interviews, and reviews from The Horn Book's past year that are by and/or about African American authors, illustrators, and luminaries in the field — one a weekday through the month of February.

Monday's ALA Youth Media Awards announcement saw a CSK Illustrator win for Frank Morrison for Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual written by Carole Boston Weatherford, which was also a Horn Book Fanfare 2022 title, so we're starting off the month with Frank's five questions interview about the book with Roger Sutton from the November/December 2022 Horn Book Magazine Publishers' Previews.

Check back here to follow along each day/week and look for the social media tag #HBBlackHistoryMonth on Facebook.com/TheHornBook and @HornBook (see also HBBlackHistoryMonth16, HBBlackHistoryMonth17, HBBlackHistoryMonth18, HBBlackHistoryMonth19, HBBlackHistoryMonth20, HBBlackHistoryMonth21, and HBBlackHistoryMonth22). Be sure to follow The Brown Bookshelf's "28 Days Later" initiative ("designed to celebrate Black children’s book creators and raise awareness of those who may be under the radar of librarians, educators and families"), and on Twitter @brownbookshelf.

Week 1

2/1: Frank Morrison's five questions interview with Roger Sutton for Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual from the November/December 2022 Horn Book Magazine Publishers' Previews

2/2: Angela Joy and Janelle Washington Talk with Roger about Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

2/3: Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin's interview and speech for 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Picture Book winner Ain't Burned All the Bright

Week 2

2/6: Vincent Tirado's five questions interview with Roger Sutton about Burn Down, Rise Up from the March/April 2022 Horn Book Magazine Publishers' Preview

2/7: Five Questions for Kevin Young about Emile and the Field from March 2022 Notes from the Horn Book

2/8: Carole Boston Weatherford's speech and profile for CSK Author Award win for Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre from the July/August 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: ALA Awards

2/9: Ashley Bryan and Jerry Pinkney: Two Unfettered Artists Sharing Their Talents, Visions, and Joys by Violet J. Harris from the November/December 2022 Horn Book Magazine

2/10: Jonda C. McNair on A Fascinating Term as 2021 Newbery Chair from the May/June 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: The Newbery Centennial

Week 3

2/13: American stories for Black History Month from January 2023 Notes from the Horn Book

2/14: Jas Hammonds Talks with Roger about We Deserve Monuments

2/15: The late Floyd Cooper's speech (by his son) and profile for CSK Illustrator Award win for Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre from the July/August 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: ALA Awards

2/16: Jeannine Atkins on The Shut Doors of Libraries from the March/April 2022 Horn Book Magazine

2/17: Nicholl Denice Montgomery on Black Girlhood and Newbery Winners from the May/June 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: The Newbery Centennial

Week 4

2/20: Five Questions for Dare Coulter about An American Story from January 2023 Notes from the Horn Book

2/21: Nick Brooks Talks with Roger about Promise Boys

2/22: Nikki Grimes's CSK Virginia Hamilton Award Acceptance from the July/August 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: ALA Awards

2/23: The Writer's Page: "Why Don't You Write About White People?" by Mildred Pitts Walter from the March/April 2022 Horn Book Magazine

2/24: Jerry Craft on After the Call: I Get It Now from the May/June 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: The Newbery Centennial

Week 5

2/27: Schele Williams and Tonya Engel's video acceptances and individual speeches for 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Nonfiction honor book Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History

2/28: Brandy Colbert's interview and speech for 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Nonfiction winner Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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