The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation awarded black writers for their outstanding contribution to literature during an awards ceremony at the National Press Club on November 3, 2006.The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation awarded black writers for their outstanding contribution to literature during an awards ceremony at the National Press Club on November 3, 2006. The 2006 Legacy Award recipients are: Debut Fiction Winner: Denise Nicholas Denise Nicholas (born Donna Denise Nicholas on July 12, 1944 or 1945[1]) is an American actress. She is primarily known for her roles on sitcoms and television and is also social activist who was involved in the American Civil Rights Movement. , Freshwater fresh·wa·ter adj. 1. Of, relating to, living in, or consisting of water that is not salty: freshwater fish; freshwater lakes. 2. Situated away from the sea; inland. 3. Road (Agate Publishing, Inc.); Contemporary Fiction Winner: Clyde W. Ford, The Long Mile: The Shango Mysteries (Midnight Ink); Fiction Winner: Nancy Rawles, My Jim (Crown Publishing); Nonfiction Winner: John Hope Franklin Noun 1. John Hope Franklin - United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915) Franklin , Mirror to America: Autobiography of John Hope Franklin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux Farrar, Straus & Giroux Publishing company in New York City noted for its literary excellence. It was founded in 1945 by John Farrar and Roger Straus as Farrar, Straus & Co. ). |
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