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Toni Morrison, the first black woman to receive Nobel
Prize in Literature, is working on a children's book about
Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark
ruling against segregation.
'Remember: A Pictorial Tribute to the Brown v. Board of
Education Supreme Court Decision' will be published in 2004,
commemorating the 50th anniversary of the court's unanimous
order for public schools to be integrated.
"Ms. Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival
black-and-white photographs that depict the historical events
surrounding the Supreme Court case and school desegregation,"
publisher Houghton Mifflin said recently.
"These unforgettable images serve as the inspiration
for Ms. Morrison's text — an imaginative rendering
of the dialogue and emotions of the children who lived during
the era of separate-but-equal schooling," the statement
said.
Morrison has also worked on the children's books 'The Big
Box' and 'The Book of Mean People'. She is probably best
known though for her adult novels such as 'Sula', 'Song
of Solomon' and the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Beloved.'
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