James HaskinsJAMES HASKINS Author of more than 100 books for adults and young people, James Haskins has won recognition for his work in both areas. Among his honors, Haskins was the recipient of the Washington Post Childrens Book Guide award in 1994, the Carter G Woodson Award for young adult nonfiction in 1989 and 1994, the Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book in 1991 and 1998, and the Alabama Library Association Award for best work for children in 1988. Haskins latest books include Power to the People: The Rise and Fall of the Black Panther Partyuis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islamyard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movementike Lee: By Any Means Necessaryd I Am Rosa Parks, written with Rosa Parks. Haskins is the general editor of the Hippocrene African Language Dictionaries series and is general editor of Hippocrenes Great Religions of the World series and of The Filipino Nation, a three-volume work. Read More Read Less