Author/Illustrator Ashley Bryan Dies: Award-winning African American author and illustrator Ashley Bryan died on Feb. 5, 2022 at age 98. The long-time Maine resident, who was also a World War II veteran, died at his niece’s home in Texas. His books often celebrated Black history and children, with titles Beautiful Blackbird, Beat the Story Drum Pum-Pum, and 70 others. He received the Laura Ingalls Wilder and Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Awards. Ashley Bryan, author of Beautiful Blackbird, has died : NPR.
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